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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by PNWRMNM Future, Go look at the CURE website where they show the carrier's discrimination against captive coal. You have given us the reference before. Look at the ratio for competitive coal. The 102% is a representative number. Mac [/quote] NO! You are confusing the RVC (revenues to variable costs) percentages with the percentage differential between captive and non-captive coal rates. The CURE website shows the per ton rates of captive coal shipments can be over 100% of the per ton rates of non-captive coal shipments. For BNSF the average percentage difference is 136% between captive and non-captive coal shipments. For UP it is 101%. The CURE website gives no numbers on the RVC ratios for captive vs non-captive coal. It only gives the average RVC between all captive and non-captive customers, using the STB's 180% standard as the dividing line. For BNSF, the RVC for captive customers is 238.1%, for non-captive customers the RVC is 100.6%. For UP, the RVC for captives is 239.8%, for non-captives 106.5%. The figures are from a 2001 RSAM study.
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