UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before The
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001
Postal Rate and Fee Changes,
2000
Docket No. R2000-1
)
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
INTERROGATORIES
TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS: VIRGINIA J. MAYES (OCAIUSPS-T32-13-14)
March 10. 2000
Pursuant
Commission,
to sections
26 and 27 of the Rules of Practice
the Office of the Consumer
requests for production
OCAAJSPS-1-14
of documents.
Advocate
Instructions
hereby submits interrogatories
included
by reference.
submitted,
i5QhYl&~~~
TED P. GERARDEN
Director
Office of the Consumer
Advocate
EMMETT RAND COSTICH
Attorney
1333 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC. 20268-0001
(202) 789-6830; Fax (202) 789-6819
and
with OCA interrogatories
dated January 24, 2000, are hereby incorporated
Respectfully
of the Postal Rate
Docket No. R2000-1
OCAWSPS-T32-13.
6%
Please
-2Please refer to your testimony at page 20, lines 10-16.
confirm that the “integer
single-piece
First-Class
the Postal Service
@I
which
requires
that the rate for
letter mail be set in whole cents, limits the flexibility of
to consider
Sealed Parcels subclass.
constraint,”
a different
cost coverage
for the Letters and
If you do not confirm, please explain.
Please confirm that the “integer constraint”
largely determines
the costs coverage
for First-Class Mail. If you do not confirm, please explain.
(4
Please confirm that in the absence
of the “integer constraint”
could select a rate for single-piece
First-Class
cents.
Please refer to your testimony
and 13-15, respectively,
First-Class
electronic
(4
letter mail that is not set in whole
If you do not confirm, please explain.
OCAIUSPS-T32-14.
(A) Regular.
the Postal Service
concerning
at pages 20 and 35, lines IO-I 1,
the cost coverage of First-Class
Mail and Standard
Also, please refer to the table and chart below entitled “Comparison
Letters and Standard
(A) Regular Mark-up Indices, 1988-2001.”
of
(Note: The
version of the table and chart can be found in the Excel file “fc&3c-cc.xls.“)
Please confirm the “USPS Attributable
Costs” for “First,” “Std (A),” and “Total” for
each
please
year.
If you do not confirm,
explain
and provide
the correct
amount(s).
(b)
Please confirm the “USPS Revenues”
year.
(cl
If you do not confirm, please explain and provide the correct amount(s).
Please confirm the “Mark-Up
year.
for “First,” “Std (A),” and “Total” for each
Index” for “First,” “Std (A),” and “Total” for each
If you do not confirm, please explain and provide the correct figure(s).
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Attributable
Cost
Share [4]
Institutional
Cost
Share [5]
Mark-Up Index [6]
USPS Attributable
costs [I]
USPS Revenues [2]
Institutional
Cost
cnn+rihll+inn
rm
Attributable
Cost
/
Share [4]
k
Institutional
Cost
Share [6]
Mark-Up Index [S]
t
__.....”
I_._..
52.98%
19.49%
100.00%
53.53%
18.74%
100.00%
52.91%
18.77%
100.00%
52.84%
18.19%
100.00%
66.52%
12.64%
100.00%
65.83%
14.77%
100.00%
67.58%
14.28%
100.00%
67.44%
15.61%
100.00%
1.26
0.65
1.oo
1.23
0.79
1 .oo
1.28
0.76
1.00
1.28
0.86
1.00
First
$15,630
1992
Std (A)
$5,515
Total
$29,904
First
$15,909
1993
Std (A)
$5,472
Total
$30,363
First
$17,042
I YY4
Std (A)
$5,723
Total
$32,193
First
$17,856
1YYO
Std (A)
$6,145
Total
$33,689
$27,289
$11,659
$8,042
$2,526
$47,159
$17,255
$27,879
$11,970
$8,348
$2,875
$48,078
$17,715
$28,365
$11,323
$9,049
$3,325
$49,646
$17,453
$30,821
$12,965
$10,268
$4,122!
$54,608
$20,919
52.27%
18.44%
100.00%
52.40%
18.02%
100.00%
52.94%
17.78%
100.00%
53.00%
18.24%
100.00%
67.57%
14.64%
100.00%
67.57%
16.23%
100.00%
64.88%
19.05%
100.00%
61.98%
19.71%
100.00%
1.29
0.79
1.29
0.90
1.00
1.23
1.07
1.00
1.08
1 .oo
,-,
1 .oo
1.17
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Share [5]l
Mark-Up Index [6]l
-_,-,._--l___
I.211
.-
I
1.111
1.001
1.311
1.001
1.001
1.381
0.901
1.001
1.411
0.761
1 .oo
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Letters and Standard
Compa rison of First-Class
Regular Mark-Up Indices
1.60
1.40
1.20
1 .oo
0.80
0.60
0.40
19881989199019
1993199419951996199
Years
71998
199920002001
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CERTIFICATE
I
OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this date served the foregoing
participants
of record in this proceeding
practice.
Washington, D.C. 20268-0001
March IO,2000
in accordance
with section
document
upon all
12 of the rules of