Railroad Cost Recovery Procedures - Productivity Adjustment
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The Surface Transportation Board has calculated the average annual change in railroad productivity for the five-year period 2020-2024 as 1.5% (geometric mean of 1.015). This productivity factor is used in the railroad cost recovery procedures, primarily for adjusting the Rail Cost Adjustment Factor (RCAF). The Board proposed to adopt this 1.015 figure in a decision served on March 31, 2026. Comments on any data or computational errors may be submitted until April 15, 2026, and the decision is scheduled to take effect on April 18, 2026 unless further action is taken.
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Key Changes
- Adopts 1.015 (1.5% per year) as the geometric mean railroad productivity change for the 2020-2024 averaging period
- Decision served on March 31, 2026 with proposed effective date of April 18, 2026
- Comments due by April 15, 2026 addressing data or computational errors only
+ 2 more changes with Pro
Obligations
What this law requires
Submit comments addressing any perceived data and computational errors in the Surface Transportation Board's railroad productivity calculation by April 15, 2026
File comments via e-filing on the Surface Transportation Board's website at www.stb.gov
Serve all comments on parties appearing on the service list for Docket No. EP 290 (Sub-No. 4)
Implement the 1.015 (1.5% per year) productivity factor as the measure of average change in railroad productivity for the 2020-2024 period in Rail Cost Adjustment Factor (RCAF) calculations effective April 18, 2026