Okanogan County Public Utility District NO. 1

Okanogan County Public Utility District NO. 1 (doing business as Okanogan County P U D #1), a U.S. local government entity headquartered in Okanogan, Washington, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering broadband infrastructure and disaster recovery services, with 90% of recent awards issued as prime grants and 10% as sub-grants from federal disaster-relief programs.

Okanogan County PUD #1's federal grant footprint centers on rural broadband deployment and emergency infrastructure restoration. The vendor received a $30.2 million Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (USDA RUS) under the Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program (CFDA 10.752) on May 6, 2026, with completion targeted for May 6, 2028. This Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act–funded award supports fiber optic and ethernet cabling installation, networking equipment procurement, and retail broadband service delivery to residences, businesses, schools, libraries, and healthcare facilities across underserved rural areas of Okanogan County. The vendor also holds an earlier RUS RECONNECT 100% Grant award dated July 6, 2023, with ultimate completion July 6, 2025. In its sub-recipient role, Okanogan County PUD #1 has received six FEMA disaster-recovery sub-awards flowing through the Military Department, Washington State, spanning 2024–2025 and addressing damage from wildfires, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides, mudslides, and fire-management assistance under FEMA Disaster Declarations 4682 and the Fire Management Assistance Grant Program.

Customer concentration is heavily skewed toward health and human services grant activity. The Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service accounts for 51 awards (98% of award count coverage) with $331 thousand combined potential value, driven by a single 50-task-order Blanket Purchase Agreement (HHSI248201200001B) carrying $31 thousand in combined potential value. The USDA Rural Utilities Service (3 awards) and Federal Emergency Management Agency Headquarters Financial Assistance Awards (6 awards) round out the customer base. The General Services Administration Public Buildings Service Region 10 anchors potential value with $851 thousand across one award.

Activity volume is episodic. The source captures nine awards in 2016, dropping to one award each in 2023 and 2024, then five awards in 2025 and one in 2026. Combined potential value across all 62 awards (prime and sub) totals $1.2 million, but combined dollars obligated reach $42.1 million, indicating substantial execution against these grants. Only one award faces ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months. Primary NAICS classification reflects the vendor's utility operations: 52 awards fall under Electric Power Distribution, with top PSC coding as Utilities–Electric (53 awards).