CPUC Proposes CASF Program Rule Changes
The California Public Utilities Commission may vote on May 19 to modify various account rules under the California Advanced Services Fund. Wednesday's proposed decision in docket R.20-08-021 would update program rules for the Broadband Public Housing Account, Broadband Adoption Account…
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and Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia Account in response to a $6 billion broadband package and three other 2021 state laws. Changes would include expanding eligibility for public housing grants and increasing that program’s minimum speed requirement to 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload, from 6/1 Mbps today. For the adoption program, the proposal would double allowable reimbursement for take-home devices to $300, increase the current one-device-per-household limit to two and expand eligible program costs to include hot spots, modems, switches and computer warranties. The CPUC would increase maximum grants for regional consortiums to $200,000 from $150,000 annually. The commission proposed setting about a $72.6 million budget for CASF that would include about $30.9 million for the infrastructure program, $19 million for adoption, $10.7 million for consortiums, $10 million for public housing and $2 million for tribal technical assistance.