In late 2021, state officials announced the award of a $69 million Virginia Telecommunication Initiative grant to the Southside Planning District Commission and Empower Broadband for a combined grant and match total of $154 million. The project will provide...
Empower Broadband, the wholly owned subsidiary of Mecklenburg Electric Cooperative that is bringing high-speed internet to Southside Virginia, has gotten some national publicity for its efforts. A recent piece from NRECA News described the multiple ways in which the...
Electric cooperatives are a huge part of a record amount of broadband grants and financing as they continue to make headway into closing the digital divide in Virginia. The cooperatives and their wholly-owned subsidiaries account, in various forms, for some $250...
Construction of fiber to the home will continue in Rockbridge County, Va., though a recent grant application through the Virginia Telecommunication Initiative was not funded. Rockbridge County, in partnership with BARC Electric Cooperative and the Rockbridge Area...
