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Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 553(b)(4), the Postal Regulatory Commission provides the following summary of proposed rules

Rulemaking Docket Number	Summary of Proposed Rules
RM2024-4	The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes revisions to the system for regulating rates and classes for Market Dominant products (ratemaking system). In Order No. 8891, the Commission determined that the ratemaking system was not achieving the statutory objectives. Two proposed revisions address concerns: restricting rate adjustments to once per fiscal year from 2025 to 2030 and ensuring workshare discounts align with avoided costs to enhance efficiency by closing a regulatory gap allowing excessive passthrough reductions. These proposals aim to enhance predictability, reduce administrative burden, and maximize efficiency and cost reduction, ensuring a ratemaking system that better fulfills the statutory objectives.
RM2024-9	The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks comment on the Commission's review of the accuracy, reliability, and representativeness of the Postal Service's Internal Service Performance Measurement (SPM) System. SPM produces service performance results that are an amalgamation of granular and siloed evaluations of performance for the individual segments of mail collection (First Mile), mail processing (Processing Duration), and mail delivery (Last Mile). Given recent changes in operations and mail mix, the Commission has concerns about the continued validity of the design and implementation of each of these three systems, as well as how the systems function collectively as a whole.

Rulemaking Docket Number

Summary of Proposed Rules

RM2024-4

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposes revisions to the system for regulating rates and classes for Market Dominant products (ratemaking system). In Order No. 8891, the Commission determined that the ratemaking system was not achieving the statutory objectives. Two proposed revisions address concerns: restricting rate adjustments to once per fiscal year from 2025 to 2030 and ensuring workshare discounts align with avoided costs to enhance efficiency by closing a regulatory gap allowing excessive passthrough reductions. These proposals aim to enhance predictability, reduce administrative burden, and maximize efficiency and cost reduction, ensuring a ratemaking system that better fulfills the statutory objectives.

RM2024-9

The Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeks comment on the Commission's review of the accuracy, reliability, and representativeness of the Postal Service's Internal Service Performance Measurement (SPM) System. SPM produces service performance results that are an amalgamation of granular and siloed evaluations of performance for the individual segments of mail collection (First Mile), mail processing (Processing Duration), and mail delivery (Last Mile). Given recent changes in operations and mail mix, the Commission has concerns about the continued validity of the design and implementation of each of these three systems, as well as how the systems function collectively as a whole.