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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Before The
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20268-0001
Postal Rate and Fee Changes,
2000
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Docket No. R2000-1
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OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
REVISIONS TO THE TESTIMONY OF OCA
WITNESS: PAMELA A. THOMPSON OCA-T-9 (ERRATA)
[June 26.2000)
The Office of the Consumer
Advocate
hereby gives notice of the filing of the
following revisions to the testimony of Pamela A. Thompson
22, 2000.
(OCA-T-9),
filed on May
There is no impact on the OCA’s cost proposal.
In the testimony
on page 8, line 4, change “$60,647,000”
to “$60,637,000.”
A
revised page 8 is attached.
To keep the OCA replication
script files similar, four changes
the OCA proposal
instruction
of the Postal Service’s
are necessary
script files “SFYOORCR.FAC”
“di 22:257 -148136
and OCA’s
to the cost reduction
proposal
instructions
and “FYOORCR.FAC.”
in
Change
3:35” to “di 22:257 -66936 3:35,” change “cl 12 3:40
3:421 31422 3:423 31467 3:468 3:469 3:470 3:471 3~41 3:227 3:228 -19928”
to “cl
14 3:35 3:40 3:421 3:422 3:66 31423 31467 3:468 3:469 3:470 3:471 3:41 3:227
3:228 -102342,”
delete the instruction
22:218 22:259” to “ds 3:66 1 22:218.”
“di 22:259 -213 3:66” and change “ds 3:66 2
2
Docket No. R2000-1
Respectfully
submitted,
Director
Office of the Consumer Advocate
KENNETH
Attorney
1333 H Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20268-0001
(202) 789-6830; Fax (202) 789-6819
E. RICHARDSON
Docket No. R2000-1
Another
OCA-T-9
Revised 6/26/00
instance
of a dual distribution
effect occurs in “other programs”
$798,000
is allocated
$60,637,000
component
3, component
segment
to segment 3, component
remaining
that $638,000
$160,000
8
components:
9
command.
is the amount
(798,000
- 638,000)
35.
A cost
of
increase
of
In order to properly reflect the
cost reduction and run the cost model
to be assigned
is allocated
to component
to the following
35.
The
segment
3
40, 66, 421, 422, 423, 467, 468, 470, 471, 41, 227 and 228 using a “cl”
I incorporate
USPS corrections
and Ewen (OCA-T-5)
and the changes
11
Smith (OCA-T-4)
12
into the cost model.
13
constraints,
14
Electronic copies of my results are provided in OCA-LR-I-l.
I was
Appendix
unable
15
16
C.
17
After updating
The OCA
Proposals
18
witness
19
Ewen’s (OCA-T-5)
20
changing
13
in a given cost level
35.‘3 A cost reduction
3 components.
35 cost effect, I isolate the $798,000
to determine
IO
for segment
to fourteen
is allocated
to one component
Smith’s
Incorporates
for the previously
proposed
in the next section of my testimony)
proposed
Due to time
the test year after rate PESSA
OCA
Witnesses
mentioned
changes to elemental
-8-
variabilities
and
allocation.
Ewen’s
Cost
I incorporate
OCA
and OCA witness
load. OCA witness Smith proposed
proposed
the USPS FY 00 VBL6 file.
Smith’s
USPS changes,
mail processing
several of the MODS variabilities
See USPS-LR-I-6,
by OCA witnesses
B, Exhibits 2A - 2B reflect my results.
to complete
(OCA-T-4)
(discussed
proposed
by USPS witness Van-Ty-Smith
CERTIFICATE
OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have this date served the foregoing document
participants
of record in this proceeding
in accordance
with section 12 of the rules of
practice.
KENNETH
Washington, D.C. 20268-0001
June 26.2000
upon all
E. RICHARDSON