HomeMy WebLinkAbout11.18.21 Board Correspondence - FW_ Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
From:Paulsen, Shaina
To:BOS
Subject:Board Correspondence - FW: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
Date:Thursday, November 18, 2021 8:13:40 AM
Please see Board Correspondence below.
Shaina Paulsen
Associate Clerk of The Board
Butte County Administration
25 County Center Drive, Suite 200, Oroville, CA 95965
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From: Paydar, Naveed <Naveed.Paydar@cpuc.ca.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2021 5:41 PM
To: Clerk of the Board <clerkoftheboard@buttecounty.net>
Subject: Broadband Infrastructure Deployment
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Dear Ashley,
I encourage you to take a look at, and even participate in, our proceeding on Broadband
Infrastructure Deployment:
Here is a link to the proceeding in the docket: R2009001
Here is a more “plain-language” webpage about the proceeding: webpage
In particular, last week the judge issued a ruling to consider how to allocate federal funds for
broadband infrastructure improvement, created by SB 156.
Opening comments for parties are due by November 30, 2021. The deadline for reply comments is
December 10, 2021.
The main questions the judge asked for comment on:
1. For the purpose of calculating Federal Funding Account apportionments, is it reasonable
to use the OMB definitions of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan for identifying urban and
rural counties? Should the Commission use a modified version of this method?
2. Should the Commission instead use a methodology that relies on the U.S. Census Bureau’s
definitions of urban and rural? Should the Commission modify the thresholds used by the
U.S. Census Bureau to include additional counties?
3. Should the Commission instead use RCRC membership to define rural and urban counties?
4. Are there alternative analyses or methodologies that the Commission should consider?
To find how much federal funding for broadband Butte County will receive using the alternative
methods see the full ruling here: 422258630.PDF (ca.gov)
For how to become a party to this proceeding, or any CPUC proceeding, please refer to this
webpage: Methods for Becoming a Party to a Proceeding – Rule 1.4 (ca.gov)
For how to submit informal comments without becoming a party, please refer to this webpage:
Providing Public Comments at the CPUC (ca.gov)
For more information about this, or other CPUC-related matters, please feel free to reach out to me
at any time.
Thank you!
Naveed Paydar
Dr. Naveed Paydar | California Public Utilities Commission | Executive Division
Naveed.Paydar@cpuc.ca.gov | Office: (415) 703-1437 |