Modern rate regulation

Such system shall be designed to achieve the following objectives, each of which shall be applied in conjunction with the others: In establishing or revising such system, the Postal Regulatory Commission shall take into account— the desirability of special classifications for both postal users and the Postal Service in accordance with the policies of this title, including agreements between the Postal Service and postal users, when available on public and reasonable terms to similarly situated mailers, that— either— The system for regulating rates and classes for market-dominant products shall— not later than 45 days before the implementation of any adjustment in rates under this section, including adjustments made under subsection (c)(10)— In this subparagraph, the term “unused rate adjustment authority” means the difference between— In exercising the authority under clause (ii) in any year, the Postal Service— The Postal Regulatory Commission shall ensure that such discounts do not exceed the cost that the Postal Service avoids as a result of workshare activity, unless— the discount is— the amount of the discount above costs avoided— Nothing in this subsection shall require that a work share discount be reduced or eliminated if the reduction or elimination of the discount would— Whenever the Postal Service establishes a workshare discount rate, the Postal Service shall, at the time it publishes the workshare discount rate, submit to the Postal Regulatory Commission a detailed report that—