Comments To Postal Regulatory Commission On Institutional Cost Contribution Requirement For Competitive Products Docket

The Lexington Institute appreciates the opportunity to offer the following comments for the above referenced docket.

For several fundamental reasons, including dramatic changes in recent years with the U.S. Postal Service’s revenue composition, product, and service mix, it is essential that the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC or the Commission) fundamentally change its approach to, and methodology for determining, institutional cost contributions/attributions and the calculation of appropriate share pertaining to competitive products.

Respectfully, it is also important to be mindful of the strong language that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit used in urging a fundamentally new approach to identifying and determining competitive products’ costs.

To read the full comments filed with the Postal Regulatory Commission, please click here.