UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

California Independent System Operator 	)
Corporation						)	Docket No. ER98-211-000   
California Power Exchange Corporation		)	Docket No. ER98-210-000
							)	(Consolidated)
Southern California Edison Company		)	Docket No. ER98-462-000
							)
Pacific Gas & Electric Company			)	Docket No. ER98-556-000
Pacific Gas & Electric Company			)	Docket No. ER98-557-000
							)	(Consolidated)

MOTION OF THE CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT OPERATOR CORPORATION FOR LEAVE TO FILE ANSWER TO MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION ONE DAY OUT OF TIME

On January 16, 1998, the Transmission Authority of Northern California (TANC) and other parties filed a request for clarification in the above captioned dockets.  According to the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, answers to that motion were due February 2, 1998.  The California Independent System Operator was unable to file its answer on that date because of the need to incorporate, into that answer, a related filing which the ISO will soon be making.  The related filing will assist the Commission in reviewing the motion for clarification.  The ISO has now incorporated 
that related filing into this answer.  Therefore, the ISO hereby moves the Commission to accept this answer one day out of time.
						Respectfully Submitted,

						California Independent System
						Operator Corporation

					N. Beth Emery
					Vice President and General Counsel
					California Independent System Operator 							Corporation
					151 Blue Ravine Road
					Folsom, CA  95630
					Telephone:  (916) 351-2334 
					Fax:  (916) 351-2350
					E-Mail:  bemery@caiso.com

						____________________________
						Stephen Angle
						Robert C. Fallon
						Howrey & Simon
						1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
						Washington, DC  20004-2402
						Telephone:  (202) 383-7261
						Fax:  (202) 383-6610
						E-Mail:  angles@howrey.com

Dated:	February 3, 1998

Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document upon each person designated on the official service list compiled by the Secretary in the captioned proceeding.
Dated at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of February, 1998.

						____________________________
						Robert C. Fallon
						Howrey & Simon
						1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
						Washington, DC  20004-2402
						Telephone:  (202) 383-7357