Pennsylvania awards $448M in BEAD grants to ISPs across 50 counties
Governor Shapiro and PBDA announced more than $448 million in BEAD awards to expand high-speed internet to 71,000 homes and businesses in 50 Pennsylvania counties. Named recipients include IBT Broadband, Alleghenies Broadband (with A2D), CoreConnect, Upward Broadband, Brightspeed, and Verizon. A full list of awards was published by PBDA alongside a new tracking website, pa.gov/ConnectPA.
Providers named: IBT Broadband, Alleghenies Broadband, Inc., A2D, CoreConnect, Upward Broadband, Brightspeed, Verizon
Award amount: $448.0M
What this means for BEAD compliance
ISPs named as Pennsylvania BEAD subgrant recipients (IBT Broadband, Alleghenies Broadband/A2D, CoreConnect, Upward Broadband, Brightspeed, Verizon) and other awardees across the 50 named counties.
Award announcement moves these subgrantees from pre-award readiness into active deployment obligations, triggering the 25% non-federal match requirement, prevailing wage and labor standards compliance, BABA/Buy America equipment certification, environmental and tribal consent review, and ongoing semi-annual and periodic financial/location reporting to PBDA. Awardees must now execute subgrant agreements, establish internal controls and procurement processes meeting federal standards, and begin tracking performance milestones (speed, latency, CAI service) against the state's five-year buildout plan. Failure to meet reporting, labor, or equipment certification requirements promptly after award execution creates risk of clawback or special condition monitoring.
Analysis by BeadComply Compliance Intelligence, grounded in the BEAD requirements registry.
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