Tag: rate changes

  • Rate Changes Have Lots of Variation

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    Steve Kearney
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    October 19, 2017 Recently announced rate changes have lots of variation around the average 1.9%. The monopoly mailing rate changes announced recently for January 21, 2018 implementation average an increase of about 1.9 percent, but mailers need to check their type of mail to find out the real impact. There is much variation from the…

  • USPS Files With PRC to Change Nonprofit Rates

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    Steve Kearney
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    On July 31, the Postal Service filed a request at the Postal Regulatory Commission to change the methodology by which nonprofit rates are set. It relates to the legal requirement that nonprofit marketing mail revenue per piece must equal, as closely as practicable, 60 percent of commercial mail’s. Since the postal law change of 2006…

  • PRC Orders Some Changes to Proposed Rates

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    Steve Kearney
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    While much better than 2015, the rate case made by USPS was not perfect. The PRC flagged a mainstay issue for the Alliance, ensuring that nonprofit mailers are not discriminated against in work share discounts relative to commercial mailers. The result was a set of changes to the prices for Nonprofit Enhanced Carrier Route. The…