(a) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall maintain, on the department’s Internet web site, a public listing of federal funding opportunities to facilitate the deployment of broadband Internet access service in the state.

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(b) Not later than ninety days after each such opportunity is listed, each broadband Internet access service provider shall notify the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, to the extent permittable under applicable federal law, rules or guidelines, whether such provider applied or intends to apply for such opportunity.

(1) If such provider applied or intends to apply for such opportunity, such provider shall notify the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, of the municipalities where broadband deployment would be facilitated. Each broadband Internet access service provider that applies for such funding shall, to the extent permittable under federal law, rules or guidelines, provide the department with a copy of the application. Any application provided by such provider pursuant to this subparagraph shall be deemed a trade secret and exempt from public disclosure pursuant to section 1-210.

(2) If such provider did not apply or does not intend to apply for such opportunity, such provider shall notify the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in a form and manner prescribed by the department, of the reasons for such determination to the extent permittable under applicable federal law, rules or guidelines.