Postal regulator limits USPS to once-a-year price hikes for mail through 2030
The Postal Service’s regulator is setting limits on how often the agency can set higher prices for its monopoly mail products.
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PRC Limits USPS Market Dominant Rate Increases to Once Per Year, Tightens Workshare Discounts
Since 2021, USPS has treated its expanded pricing authority under the Modified Ratemaking System as a green light for twice-a-year increases
The Postal Service Reports on Consumer Access
Last week the Postal Service submitted its Annual Compliance Report (ACR) for FY 2025 to the Postal Regulatory Commission.
PRC denies USPS request to begin zone-based pricing
The Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) has issued a ruling that denies the USPS’s request to begin zone-based (rather than origin-entry-based) pricing for Marketing Mail and Outside County Periodicals.
USPS May Have Free Rein with PRC Leadership Vacancy
President Trump will be tasked with appointing a new head of the Postal Regulatory Commission
USPS regulator’s chairman, who challenged sweeping changes under DeJoy, is stepping down
The head of the Postal Service’s regulatory agency is stepping down, after challenging some of the more controversial parts of a 10-year USPS reform plan.
Review of the Postal Regulatory Commission’s Compliance With the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2014 for Fiscal Year 2025
The PRC has made incremental advancements in its information security program since the FY 2024 FISMA audit
PRC approves USPS temporary holiday price increase
PRC noted that the Public Representative* called the temporary increase a method by which the USPS extracts revenues “by twisting the financial screws on the wallets of holiday participants” and said he hoped the USPS could focus more on reducing costs.
USPS urges regulator not to set limits on higher mail prices
The Postal Service’s Board of Governors is urging its regulator not to put limits on its ability to set higher mail prices, after posting another multibillion-dollar quarterly net loss.
NNA fights back against two postage increases a year, and has some other comments for the PRC
The Postal Service should only be permitted to raise postage rates annually, the National Newspaper Association told the Postal Regulatory Commission.