California BEAD Plan Delayed Again

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2025 – California’s spending plan under the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program has been delayed again. It was previously set to be released Friday.

The California Public Utility Commission, which is managing the state’s $1.8 billion BEAD allocation says on its website that “On November 5, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration instructed the CPUC to delay publishing its Final Proposal for public comment.”

The state says on its site that its new final proposal submission date is Friday, Dec. 19, but notes that is tentative and subject to change. States have to take public comment for at least a week before submission, which implies a new publication date of Dec. 12, four weeks after the plan was initially slated for posting.