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Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative fiber build: 281 locations in Alaska. $14.0M award.

Not signed as of Nov 12, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026Sources: NTIA federal reporting

Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative, Inc. holds a $14.0M BEAD award for a fiber build to 281 locations in Alaska. NTIA federal reporting carries it as of Sep 5, 2026. No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026.

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Awarded to Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative: $14.0M; NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Planned locations: 281; NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Technology: Fiber; NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Award status: Not reported; No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026.

What this means for you

If you run fiber crews in Alaska, this is the vendor list to be on.

No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026. Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative contracts crews after it signs.

Striped: planned build window, NTIA federal reporting
Mint dot: data as of Nov 12, 2026

May 21, 2026 · Planned start

The start date the record gives. No dated construction record exists yet.

Not signed yet

No signed agreement linked as of Nov 12, 2026.

May 20, 2030 · Planned end

The record's planned completion. Certify what you have today so you're set up when this one lands.

The job in numbers

Holder: Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative, Inc.NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Reported award: $14.0MNTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Planned locations: 281NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Technology: FiberNTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Planned window: May 21, 2026 to May 20, 2030NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
Project code: CM61-BEAD-AK-060NTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026
State: AlaskaNTIA federal reporting, as of Sep 5, 2026

What the public record lacks: the county, the aerial and underground miles, the contractors and a signed agreement.

Numbers Kapwork worked out

None of these is in a source; redo the math from the facts beside them.

Award per location
$49,800
$14.0M ÷ 281 planned locations

How far along it is

Won. No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026. Building needs its own dated record, and none exists yet.

Sep 5, 2026
In NTIA federal reporting (won)
Not yet
Subgrant agreement, as of Nov 12, 2026

Who's involved

Award holder: Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
State program: BEAD in Alaska
Contractor named: Appears here the day a record names one

Where

Alaska. The record carries no county for this award, so the county is open.

How to get on this job

Nothing public yet on how Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative signs up crews or pays them.

A row appears here the day a source shows one, with that source beside it. Worked with Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative? Tell us how they bring on subs and pay, and we'll add it with your source, named or not.

What this means for you

Two ways in.

Questions this page answers

Who holds BEAD award CM61-BEAD-AK-060 in Alaska?

Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative, Inc. $14.0M for a fiber build to 281 locations, not signed as of Nov 12, 2026.

Is the Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative fiber build signed?

Not yet. No signed agreement is linked to it as of Nov 12, 2026. The award is in NTIA federal reporting as of Sep 5, 2026.

What work does this build need?

The record lists fiber for 281 locations. No public record names the contractors yet.

When will this build start invoicing?

No public source dates it. The agreement is not signed yet, as of Nov 12, 2026. The record plans the build from May 21, 2026 to May 20, 2030.

How does a subcontractor on this build get paid sooner?

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Sources, updates and data

NTIA federal reporting · read Nov 12, 2026

Where this comes from

NTIA federal reporting
As of Sep 5, 2026 · Record: program79:AK:CM61-BEAD-AK-060

Updates

No dated updates yet.

What we don't know yet

The county; the record doesn't carry one.
The signed agreement; none linked as of Nov 12, 2026.
The aerial and underground miles.
The contractors on it.
How Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative pays its crews: no public source.

Limitations

An award is a research signal. The award holder decides its own bids and subcontracts. Confirm project status and vendor needs with them.
The approval stage is inherited from a state-program milestone; individual project execution is not independently confirmed by that milestone.

An award is not an open solicitation, revenue, cash received, or guaranteed contractor demand. A planned date alone does not establish construction or completion. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.

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Cite: Kapwork Grow, “Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative, Inc. · Fiber · Alaska”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/bead/projects/alaska-broadband-project-cm61-bead-ak-060-pr_0ed6059d663a5b66c4d2, materially updated Sep 17, 2026.

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