Broadband In The News

from the Daily Yonder (Keeping It Rural) for November 12, 2009:

"The Department of Energy last month announced 100 stimulus grants totaling $3.4 billion for smart grid projects. You may not be familiar with smart grids, but if your community hopes to build its own broadband network you should be. The companies now poised to build these new utility systems could be invaluable partners in supplying high-speed Internet."

California ARRA funding awards include: San Diego Gas and Electric, City of Glendale Water and Power, Western Electricity Coordinating Council, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Burbank Water and Power, the City of Anaheim, and Modesto Irrigation District.