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RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS KASHANI TO INTERROGATORIES OF
THE OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
(OCAIUSPS-Tl4-4-5)
The United States Postal Service hereby provides the responses of witness
Kashani to the following interrogatories of the Office of the Consumer Advocate:
OCAIUSPS-T14-4-5, filed on February 16.2000.
Each interrogatory is stated verbatim and is followed by the response.
Respectfully submitted,
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
By its attorneys:
Daniel J. Foucheaux, Jr.
Chief Counsel, Ratemaking
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Susan M. Duchek
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW.
Washington, D.C. 20260-I 137
(202) 268-2990 Fax -5402
March I,2000
RESPONSE OF UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS WSHANI
TO INTERROGATORY OF
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
OCAIUSPS-T14-4.
your testimony.
The following refers to Exhibit 14A, pages 9 through 10. of
(a) Exhibit 14A does not provide the GFY98. GFY99, GFYOO and GFYOI
volumes used for the following categories of special services: (1) stamped
envelopes, and (2) P.O. Boxes. Please provide the volumes used to
generate the “MV Change” in the RAT2FACT files for FY98. FY99, FYOO.
and FYOI.
(b) Please confirm that there are no volumes for the GFY98, GFY99, GFYOO.
and GFYOl for stamped cards and special handling. If you are unable to
confirm, please provide the volumes and update each of the applicable
RAT2FACT files.
RESPONSE
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The mail volumes for stamped Envelopes and P.O. Boxes for GFY98,
GFY99, GFYOO, and GFYOI are listed below:
Mail Volume
P.O. Boxes 21
Fiscal Year
FY 1998
FY 1999
FY 2000
FY 2001 Before Rates
FY 2001After Rates
460,168,809
400,000,000
400,000,000
400,000,000
400,000,000
I/ Source: USPS-T-39, WP-28
21 Source: USPS-T-40, Workpapers
b)
Confirmed
16,781,279
17,285,252
17,609,240
17,995,845
17,674,467
11, 14, 16, IS, 31
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UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE WITNESS ~SHANI
TO INTERROGATORY OF
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
OCAIUSPS-T14-5. Please refer to the response of witness Tolley to POIR No.
1, question 1, and the response of witness Hunter, to question 2. Please confirm
that the 2001 TYBR volumes he indicates in the “First Forecast”, are the volumes
you should have used. If you confirm, please show the impact using the correct
volumes would have on your roll-forward data. If you are unable to confirm,
please explain.
RESPONSE
Confirmed., The attached spreadsheet (Attachment I) shows an analysis of the
effect of using both versions of Periodicals mail volumes. An electronic version of
Attachment I is provided in USPS-LR-I-199.
USPS-LR-I-199
machme”,
I
TY 200, BR with Preliminary FY 1999
RPW Volume
Mume Variable
cost I,
Vo,ume
Unit Cost
olume Variable
cost II
Vo,ume 3,
0.0920
0.2627
0.1645
0.2479
0.2455
60.212
1.981.712
361.241
13.936
2242.953
672.194
7.56945
1.954.453
56.153
9.500.396
Unit Cost
Change from TY 2001 with Correct FY 1999
RPW Volume
‘volume Variable
COS,
Vo,ume
Unit Cost
ericdicals:
60,212
1.946.901
366,664
13.988
2.333.505
672.194
7.410.104
2.095.609
56.415
9.505.913
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FY 2000 With Correct FY 1999 RPW
Volume
btume Variable
cost 1,
79.398
1.662.670
360.213
vo,ume
892.621
7.327.616
2.116.566
Unit Cost
0.0669
0.2569
0.1795
FY 1999 With Correct FY 1999 RPW
VO,““E
0.0921
0.2621
0.1841
0.246:
0.24M
FY 2OOil with Preliminary FY 1999 RPW
VOl”“E
dume Variable
cost II
79.400
1.915.023
357.522
14.166
2.272545
Vo,ume 3,
692.821
7.457.452
1.966.739
66,162
9.446.191
FY 1999 with Prdiminary
Vo,“me
alum Variable
cost II
Unit Cost
0.0.38!
0.2561
0.1791
0.243:
0.24M
FY ,999 RPW
volume 21
Unit cost
0
34.811
-25,363
-50
9,446
0
135.641
-141.366
-262
-5.515
0.00,
-moot
0.001
0.00,
0.00’
Change from FY 200, with Cwrec, FY ,999
RPW Vdvme
‘olume Variable
COS,
2
32,453
-22.691
-56
9.762
Volume
0
129.634
-129.649
-270
-215
Change from FY 1999with Cwred
RPW Volume
‘volume Variable
COSl
VO,““W
uni, cos,
o.oot
-0.00,
0.OOt
O.OM
0.00
FY 1999
Unit Cost
eriodicals:
76.976
1.640.982
346.329
14.074
2.167.311
693.454
7345.117
I.975997
59,259
9.321.114
0.086:
0.25M
0.175:
0.237!
0.234
1
35.307
-24.597
-65
10,710
0
144.762
-144.466
-296
296
O.OM
-0.ool
O.OM
0.004
0.00
DECLARATION
1, Cameron Kashani, declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing
answers are true and correct, to the best of my knowledge, information, and
belief.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document upon all
participants of record in this proceeding in accordance with section 12 of the Rules of
Practice.
.4fL*.flw
Susan M. Duchek
475 L’Enfant Plaza West, SW.
Washington, D.C. 20260-l 137
(202) 268-2990 Fax -5402
March I,2000
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