2025 Federal Funding Account Objection Process
Announcing 72 Grant Requests for About $600 million
June 20, 2025, Update: The CPUC’s Federal Funding Account (FFA) received 72 grant applications for the grant window that closed on June 2, 2025. An application was received in each of the six counties in this solicitation round, with a total of approximately $600 million in requests to fund last-mile broadband infrastructure projects to connect unserved Californians. This unprecedented amount of interest in a CPUC grant program demonstrates the opportunity this program provides to catalyze new reliable high-speed broadband infrastructure across the state.
Click https://broadbandportal.cpuc.ca.gov/s/public-applications for a list of projects, applicants, and requested amounts and select the 2025 applications.
Objection Process
The objection process is a period during which interested parties may review Federal Funding Account application information and submit written comments identifying errors of fact, policy, or statutory requirements in applications. To learn more about the objection process, please refer to Decision 22-04-055, Appendix A: Federal Funding Account Program Rules and Guidelines, Section 12.
The objection process will begin on Monday, June 23, 2025, and run for 14 days until Monday, July 7, 2025. Applicants with objections will be notified via an email from the Broadband Grant Portal and have 14 days from the date the objection is noticed to file a written response to an objection.
Summarily, objectors will provide information which disputes an application, applicants may respond, and staff will consider the objections in the application evaluation process. Objections are expected to meet the criteria in Decision 22-04-055, Appendix A, Section 12 to be considered. Responses to objections should provide evidence that refutes the objection. Objectors and responders should review the Guidance for Submitting Federal Funding Account Objection Data prior to submitting an objection or response.
Below is a table outlining the main steps for the objection process.
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OBJECTION PROCESS PERIOD BEGINS. The start of the objection process will be served to the CASF Distribution List. The CASF Distribution List will be noticed daily with objections and responses received. |
Monday June 23, 2025 |
See below for information on the CASF Distribution List
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Project summaries and polygons will be posted on the CPUC’s Federal Funding Account Objection webpage. |
Monday June 23, 2025 |
Will be available on the 2025 Federal Funding Account Public Map Webpage |
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Federal Funding Account Public Map will show project areas. |
Wednesday June 18, 2025 |
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Objections. To submit an objection, log into the Broadband Grant Portal and submit an objection that meets the criteria in Section 12. |
Until Monday, July 7, 2025, at 5p.m. Pacific Daylight Time |
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Applicant responses. Applicants will be notified by email when there is an objection to their application. |
Respond to the specific objection within14 days of receiving email notification |
Broadband Grant Portal emails will be sent by: noreply@salesforce.com |
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Objections and responses are incorporated in ongoing application evaluations. |
Tuesday, July 23, 2025 |
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Using the Broadband Grant Portal to Submit and Respond to an Objection
Objections and responses to objections must be filed in the Broadband Grant Portal. Applicants already registered in the Broadband Grant Portal may use their existing login to respond to an objection. Objectors who are not an applicant and are a first-time user must register in the Broadband Grants Portal here.
Notices to the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Distribution List
Objectors have until July 7, 2025, to object to an application. The Broadband Grant Portal will notice the CASF Distribution List once a day when objections or responses to objections have been submitted. The Broadband Grant Portal will notify applicants by email when an objection to an application has been filed.
Applicants and other interested entities should consider adding the Broadband Grant Portal email to their safe senders list: “noreply@salesforce.com <noreply@salesforce.com> On Behalf Of Broadband Grant Portal No-Reply”.
Those who wish to be added to or removed from the CASF Distribution List may send their request to CASF_Adoption@cpuc.ca.gov.
Subscribe to the Federal Funding Account distribution list here.