Reconnect 100% grant infrastructure investments and jobs act

The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service awarded Copper Valley Telephone Cooperative Incorporated $17.897 million on May 6, 2026, under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752), funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to deploy broadband infrastructure to underserved rural areas in Valdez, Alaska. The award is classified as a Project Grant with a period of performance extending to May 6, 2028.

Copper Valley Telecom will build broadband infrastructure meeting ReConnect Program standards of 25 megabits per second downstream and 3 megabits per second upstream. Work is performed in Valdez, Alaska. The recipient is a tax-exempt not-for-profit cooperative based in Valdez that operates as a prime recipient of federal broadband infrastructure grants and provides voice, wireless, internet, and television services to remote federal facilities across Alaska. This award represents the recipient's third broadband infrastructure grant from USDA Rural Utilities Service, following a pilot broadband grant awarded September 30, 2024, and a ReConnect 100% Grant awarded May 3, 2023.