# Presentation: 042990

## R2001-1

**R2001-1**
**OMNIBUS RATE CASE**
**UPDATE**

***MTAC***
***November 8, 2001***

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## R2001-1 OMNIBUS RATE CASE UPDATE

**Timeline**
**General Case**
**Settlement**

**Agenda**

## Sep 24

**Potential Timeline**

**Postal Rate Commission**
***10 Mo. Statutory Limit***

**Months**

** ****0      2       4****	****       6****	****      8****	****     10****	****       12       14      16      18     20**

**Governors’ Consideration**

**Preparation**
***About 6 Months***

**Sep 24**

**Implementation**

**Jul 24**

**R2001-1 OMNIBUS RATE CASE UPDATE**

**Notes:**
I want to talk to you today about the rate case which we filed at the Postal Rate Commission on September 24th.  
I will discuss the actual proposal itself in a moment.  But first, lets discuss the process so you can have a better understanding of what this all means.
The postal rate setting process is time-consuming.  It takes about 18 months to prepare, file, and implement an omnibus rate case.   
It took us six months of preparation to file the case.  That preparation includes over a hundred thousand pages of documents and it required a 2 and half ton truck to deliver the proposal to the Postal Rate Commission.
Now that the Postal Service has filed its request, the PRC has ten months to hear the case, including the positions of other parties.   The PRC will then submit its Recommended Decision to the Governors.
After the Commission issues its Decision, the Postal Service analyzes that Decision.  The Governors of the Postal Service then make a decision regarding the case -- they can implement the rates, seek a reconsideration by the Commission, or reject the Commission’s Decision.  Assuming the Governors decide to accept the Commission’s Decision, the entire Board can then set an implementation date. 
In this particular filing, the rates will not be implemented earlier than September 2002.  The actual date will depend upon the circumstances at that time.

## R2001-1 OMNIBUS RATE CASE UPDATE

**January 16    - Complete USPS Hearing**
**January 30    - Intervenor Testimony**
**April 5            - Complete Intervenor  ****	****	****	****	****    Hearings       **
**April 15****	****        - File Rebuttal Testimony**
**May 23           - Complete Briefs**
**???****	****        - PRC Decision**

**Preliminary PRC Timeline**

## Filed Sept 24th

**58 Intervenors**
**USPS Discovery**

**General Case**

**R2001-1 OMNIBUS RATE CASE UPDATE**

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## Service Levels and Performance

**Cost Avoidances**
**Cost Reductions**
**Contingency**
**Settlement**

**Issues - Preliminary**

**R2001-1 OMNIBUS RATE CASE UPDATE**

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## PRC				 	10/25/01

**First Meeting****	****	****	****	****10/30/01**
**Postal Service Report****	****	****11/02/01**
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**Settlement Milestones**

**R2001-1 OMNIBUS RATE CASE UPDATE**

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## Revenue Requirement

**USPS Proposed Rates**
**Implementation Date**
**Settlement vs. Appropriations**
**Individual Rate Issues**
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**Settlement Issues**

**R2001-1 OMNIBUS RATE CASE UPDATE**

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## General Case

**Continue USPS Discovery**
**Settlement Process**
**Continue Individual Issue Discussions**
**General Meeting**
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**Next Steps**

**R2001-1 OMNIBUS RATE CASE UPDATE**

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