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The '''American Broadband Initiative (ABI)''' is the current Administration’s signature strategy aimed at stimulating increased private investment in broadband infrastructure and services to address broadband connectivity gaps in America, particularly in rural areas. ABI recognizes federally owned assets such as tower facilities, buildings, and land could potentially be made available to lower the cost of broadband buildouts and encourage private-sector companies to expand telecommunications infrastructure. | The '''American Broadband Initiative (ABI)''' is the current Administration’s signature strategy aimed at stimulating increased private investment in broadband infrastructure and services to address broadband connectivity gaps in America, particularly in rural areas. ABI recognizes federally owned assets such as tower facilities, buildings, and land could potentially be made available to lower the cost of broadband buildouts and encourage private-sector companies to expand telecommunications infrastructure. | ||
As part of this effort to identify types of federal assets or classes of assets that private-sector companies could use to expand broadband infrastructure in America, the [[Southwestern Power Administration]] (SWPA) and [[Western Area Power Administration]] (WAPA), in consultation with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Electricity, completed feasibility assessments to determine if SWPA and WAPA’s preexisting excess fiber, referred to as “dark fiber,” can be leased to their existing customers and broadband service providers. | As part of this effort to identify types of federal assets or classes of assets that private-sector companies could use to expand broadband infrastructure in America, the [[Southwestern Power Administration]] (SWPA) and [[Western Area Power Administration]] (WAPA), in consultation with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) [[Office of Electricity]], completed feasibility assessments to determine if SWPA and WAPA’s preexisting excess fiber, referred to as “dark fiber,” can be leased to their existing customers and broadband service providers. | ||
SWPA and WAPA are two of four federal [[Power Marketing Administrations]] (PMAs) that market and deliver wholesale federal hydropower to 33 states. The PMAs operate and maintain over 34,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, which are used to deliver power from water projects and related hydropower generating facilities owned primarily by the Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. By law, the PMAs are required to set rates to cover costs including federal investments in dam and transmission infrastructure, plus interest, “at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles.” The other two PMAs ([[Bonneville Power Administration]] and [[Southeastern Power Administration]]) were outside the scope of this initiative. | SWPA and WAPA are two of four federal [[Power Marketing Administrations]] (PMAs) that market and deliver wholesale federal hydropower to 33 states. The PMAs operate and maintain over 34,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, which are used to deliver power from water projects and related hydropower generating facilities owned primarily by the Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. By law, the PMAs are required to set rates to cover costs including federal investments in dam and transmission infrastructure, plus interest, “at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles.” The other two PMAs ([[Bonneville Power Administration]] and [[Southeastern Power Administration]]) were outside the scope of this initiative. | ||