United States Court of Appeals
for the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Circuit

California Independent System Operator Corporation,)
Petitioner				  )
v.						  )	No. 98-1225
							  )
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,		  )
		Respondent				  )
							  )
						  	  )
California Electricity Oversight Board,		  )
Petitioner				  )	No. 98-1226
v.						  )
							  )	(Consolidated Cases)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission		  )
		Respondent				  )

JOINT STATEMENT REQUESTING DEFERRED APPENDIX 

In accordance with the Court’s May 4, 1998 order, the California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) and the Electricity Oversight Board, an agency of the State of California, hereby submit this Joint Statement Requesting to use the deferred appendix option as provided in F.R.A.P. 30(c).
Petitioners can represent that counsel for the respondent, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has agreed to the use of a deferred appendix. 
 
								Respectfully submitted,

Counsel for the California Independent System
   Operator Corporation:

__________________________
N. Beth Emery					 	Stephen Angle
Vice President and General Counsel				Jerrold J. Ganzfried
California Independent System Operator			Howrey & Simon
  Corporation							1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
151 Blue Ravine Road					Washington, D.C.  20004
Folsom, CA  95630						Tel: (202) 783-0800
Tel:  (916) 351-2334						Fax: (202) 383-6610
Fax:  (916) 351-2350

Counsel for the Electricity Oversight Board:

								________________________
								Erik N. Saltmarsh
Electricity Oversight Board
1516 Ninth Street, MS-49
Sacramento, CA  95814
(916) 653-0761
Dated:  June 3, 1998