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Postal Service Waits Until May to File Rate Case

While Postmaster General John E. Potter reportedly announced that the U.S. Postal Service would file the next postal rate case with the Postal Rate Commission as early as this month, a source inside the service said the USPS wouldn’t post the case until May or later, writes DM News.

Many mailers thought the case would be filed April 17. “That was my understanding as well,” said the source, requesting to remain anonymous. “But all I can tell you is that there was a change of plans, and that happens often when filing something as complicated as a rate case.”

This is the agency’s first comprehensive rate case in nearly five years. Many mailers anticipate a big rate increase, as the agency said it could no longer absorb high fuel and healthcare costs.  This could be the last increase before Congress imposes a rate cap relating to a postal reform bill currently under discussion in conference committee.