Wis. Broadband Grant Requests Total $495M; Colo. Delays Review

The Wisconsin Public Service Commission got 194 applications seeking more than $495 million in grants to expand broadband, Gov. Tony Evers (D) said Thursday. The PSC expects to award $100 million this summer, the governor’s office said. The commission’s broadband office posted a list and map of applications. In Colorado, the Broadband Deployment Board postponed application review meetings for the winter grant cycle that were scheduled for March 29 and 31, the Colorado Broadband Office said Wednesday. “This postponement is due to a number of factors, including pending legislation before the Colorado General Assembly and the impact of new federal regulations on the Board’s ability to distribute funding,” said CBO: Staff is “working diligently to establish alternate timelines to ensure there is ample time for all reviews to take place this year.”