General Government
Kentucky Communications Network Authority
Actual FY 2024Actual FY 2025Revised FY 2026Recommended FY 2027Recommended FY 2028
SOURCE OF FUNDS
General Fund
Regular Appropriation39,634,70041,454,60042,605,60040,886,90040,931,900
State Salary and Compensation Allocation85,200
Budget Reduction-General Fund(130,900)
Total General Fund39,719,90041,454,60042,474,70040,886,90040,931,900
Restricted Funds
Balance Forward964,7311,662,4437,306,6007,905,5006,018,500
Current Receipts5,780,3608,550,95410,853,0008,498,0007,519,000
Non-Revenue Receipts174,3752,090
Total Restricted Funds6,919,46610,215,48618,159,60016,403,50013,537,500
TOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS46,639,36651,670,08660,634,30057,290,40054,469,400
EXPENDITURES BY CLASS
Personnel Costs5,820,8505,066,4708,420,2008,449,5008,494,500
Operating Expenses39,156,07338,382,50344,308,60042,822,40042,822,400
Debt Service914,500
TOTAL EXPENDITURES44,976,92344,363,47352,728,80051,271,90051,316,900
EXPENDITURES BY FUND SOURCE
General Fund39,719,90041,454,60042,474,70040,886,90040,931,900
Restricted Funds5,257,0232,908,87310,254,10010,385,00010,385,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURES44,976,92344,363,47352,728,80051,271,90051,316,900
EXPENDITURES BY UNIT
KY Communications Network44,976,92344,363,47352,728,80051,271,90051,316,900
TOTAL EXPENDITURES44,976,92344,363,47352,728,80051,271,90051,316,900

Executive Order 2015-574 created the Kentucky Communications Network Authority (KCNA), now codified in KRS Chapter 154.15.

KCNA, in conjunction with the Board of the Kentucky Communications Network Authority, manages and oversees the Kentucky Wired network, the Commonwealth's open-access broadband network. Kentucky Wired is a Commonwealth public infrastructure project that was built to provide broadband service using a modern high-capacity fiber infrastructure. The primary purpose of the project is to provide broadband services to the Commonwealth's agencies and its public postsecondary education institutions. The project is designed to have the capacity and ability to service other public sector organizations, like public libraries and public school districts. The network is comprised of more than 3,000 miles of high-speed internet connectivity throughout Kentucky's 120 counties.

As authorized by the 2014-2016 Executive Branch appropriations act, a public-private partnership was established to design, build, operate and maintain the network for 30 years. The partnership leveraged private sector funding for most of the construction costs of the project. The Commonwealth will shift resources from payments for current services to pay for the new and substantially faster state-owned network. The Commonwealth retains ownership of the network.

KentuckyWired is unique in that it is an “open access” network. This means cities, partnerships, private companies or other groups may acquire access to these “middle-mile” lines, but the network will not be providing “last mile” services, or the lines that run to individual homes or businesses.

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