Washington, April 29 -- Rep. Andrew Clyde issued the following press release:
Last week, Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) secured a commitment from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that cooperatives regulated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), such as Blue Ridge Mountain Electric Membership Corporation (BRMEMC), are exempt from a National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) mandate causing legal and financial barriers to a critical broadband expansion project in Georgia's Ninth District.
The NTIA awarded $3.8 million in Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program funding to Blue Ridge Mountain EMC for connecting 3,700 hard-to-reach households in Northeast Georgia with fiber broadband - which is part...