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RECElVl3
BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
20268~ooo1
WASHINGTON, DC
Special
Services
Fees
12 iu PH '96
JUL 23
and Classifications)
Docket
No.
MC96-3
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
INTERROGATORIES TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS W. ASHLEY LYONS
(OCA/USPS-Tl-20-22)
(July
23, 1996)
Pursuant
,,--..
the
Postal
hereby
Rate
submits
documents.
the
to
United
incorporated
sections
Commission,
25 and 26 of
the
interrogatories
Instructions
States
Postal
Office
of
Rules
the
and requests
included
with
Service
dated
of
Practj.ce
Consumer
for
OCA Interrogatories
June
19,
1996,
GAIL WILLETTE
Director
Office
of the
Attorney
submitted,
Consumer
Advocate
of
Advocate
production
by reference.
Respectfully
,,--.
the
of
1-4
are
hereby
to
Docket
No.
2
MC96-3
Your
OCA/USPS-Tl-20.
testimony
at
2 states,
[W]e have reviewed
the service
offerings
themselves
to
see what improvements
could be made to make them more
and both easier
to administer
useful
to the customer,
and understand.
For example,
the Postal
Service
has
clarified
customers'
choices
for postal
cards by
creating
a special
fee that
separates
the cost of the
mailpiece
from the postage.
a.
Please
the
b.
service
Please
makes
C.
,,.--.
explain
the
for
explain
how the
Your
interest
increases
on its
like
to moderate
increase
overall
levels.
Your
testimony
offering
at
to
easier
special
testimony
mitigating
customers,
the pace
revenues
for
special
easier
of
fee
useful
whom the
offering
the
special
more
service
service
OCA/USPS-Tl-21.
In
offering
explain
Please
the
how the
to
at
cards
the
customer.
fee
for
to
fee
postal
makes
a postal
card
administer.
for
a postal
card
makes
administer.
6 states,
the
impact
of general
the Postal
Service
wculd
toward
the eventual
need to
as a result
of rising
cost
7 states,
The Postal
Service
has chosen to base its proposals
on
estimates
for a FY 1996 test
period
projected
by
In electing
FY
rolling
forward
a FY 1995 base year.
1996 as its test
period,
the Postal
Service
has, as in
chosen a moderate
basis
that
ccsnforms
Docket
No. R94-1,
to the Commission's
rules
requiring
a fiscal
test
year
beginning
no more than 24 months after
filing.
,,,--.
Docket
No.
MC96-3
3
_,-,-.
Your
testimony
at
20 states,
In my opinion,
given
the new information
we are
including
the
analysis
of the
providing
in this
docket,
rate
and classification
criteria
by witness
Needham,
the new c#ost coverages
are reasonable,
and consisitent
with
the systemwide
Docket NO. R94-1 cost coverage
of
157 perce'nt.
a.
Do you
believe
157 percent
that
is
classific,ation
b.
Given
,,.--.
the
it
is
systemwide
your
stamped
Expenses"
a.
still
all
rate
and
update
the
chose
data,
of
to
please
appropriate
coverage
future
to
157 percent
service
special
"Total
explain
assume
Each
had
elf
meet?
Service
year
coverage
interrogatory
has
Please
identify
$8.426
million
If
test
cost
Operating
Docket
expenses
the
stamped
interrogatory
the
"Total
that
the
remains
R94-1
appropri~ate.
refers
tc
initiative
exhibit
A,
except
Revenues"
stamped
are
card
and
shown.
please
expenses
included
associated
revenue
identified,
card
are
Expenses"
referenced
"Total
elsewhere,
with
If
the
no before
explain
in
part
please
a of
this
separat,ely
,,--,.
identify
those
costs.
Include
in
your
No.
why you
identified
rate
b.
should
systemwide
The following
testimony.
cards
that
cost
OCA/USPS-Tl-22.
of
something
Postal
FY 1996
believe
R94-1
cases
that
R94-1,
the
response
cites
for
Docket
No.
all
4
MC96-3
numbers
copies
of
the
referenced,
all
source
derivation
documents
CERTIFICATE
I hereby
document
accordance
upon
certify
all
with
that
section
3.B(31
previously
this
of
record
of
the
date
,.,*-,.
20268-0001
number,
and
provided
in
served
this
special
SHELLEY DREIFUSS
Attorney.
DC
Washington,
July 23, 1996
each
OF SERVICE
I have
participants
not
of
the
foregoing
proceeding
rules
u
of
in
practice.