UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BEFORE THE
	FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION

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Western Systems Coordinating Council                 )	Docket No. EL99-23-000
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	MOTION TO INTERVENE OF
	THE CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM
OPERATOR CORPORATION

	Pursuant to Rule 214 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Federal Energy  Regulatory Commission (“Commission” or “FERC”), 18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (1998), the California Independent System Operator Corporation (“ISO”) hereby moves to intervene in the above-referenced proceeding in support of the Western Systems Coordinating Council (“WSCC”) Petition for a Declaratory Order.  In support of its motion, the ISO states:
	On December 28, 1998, WSCC tendered for filing a Petition for a Declaratory Order which provides the terms, conditions, and procedures under which the WSCC proposes to administer a Reliability Management System (RMS) and which requests the Commission to (1) assert jurisdiction over the proposed RMS; (2) find the proposal to be just and reasonable and consistent with Commission requirements; and (3) agree to undertake the appellate role specified for it in the RMS alternative dispute resolution procedures.
	The ISO is directly affected by this proceeding because it conducts business in the Western Interconnection and therefore, has an interest in maintaining the reliability of the Western Interconnection.  The ISO is also a WSCC member and fully supports the request for a Declaratory Order and the implementation of the proposed RMS because the ISO believes the proposed RMS will maintain the reliability of the Western Interconnection.  The ISO voted in favor of the WSCC filing and the implementation of the RMS when it was placed before the WSCC Members at the Council’s Annual Meeting on December 3, 1998, and believes there is broad-based support within the Western Interconnection for implementing RMS.
The ISO is a non-profit public benefit corporation organized under the laws of the State of California and responsible for the reliable operation of a grid comprising the transmission systems of Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company and San Diego Gas & Electric Company.  The ISO is responsible for maintaining the reliability of electric transmission into, out of and through the ISO Control Area.  The ISO has an interest in any FERC proceedings involving the WSCC and its administration of the proposed RMS that cannot adequately be represented by any other party.
The following persons should be included on the official service list in this proceeding, and all communications concerning this motion should be addressed to them:
Terry Winter						J. Phillip Jordan
Chief Operating Officer				Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
The California Independent System		3000 K Street, N.W.
    Operator Corporation				Washington, D.C.  20007
151 Blue Ravine Road				Tel: (202) 424-7500
Folsom, CA 95630					Fax: (202) 424-7643
Tel: (916) 351-2366	
Fax: (916) 351-2350

Wherefore, the ISO respectfully requests that the Commission grant this motion to intervene and expeditiously issue a declaratory order: (1) asserting jurisdiction over the WSCC’s proposed RMS; (2) finding that the RMS, as described in the petition and in the model contracts attached thereto, is just and reasonable and consistent with Commission requirements; and (3) concluding that the Commission is willing to undertake the appellate role specified for the Commission in the RMS alternative dispute resolution procedures.

	Respectfully submitted,

							__________________________
J. Phillip Jordan
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
3000 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20007
Tel: (202) 424-7500
Fax: (202) 424-7643
		Attorney for the California Independent
		    System Operator Corporation

Date: January 21, 1999

	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 this proceeding.
Dated at Washington, D.C. on this 21st day of January, 1999.

_________________________________________
Mark R. Klupt

	January 21, 1999

The Honorable David P. Boergers
Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20426

Re:  	Western Systems Coordinating Council
Docket No. EL99-23-000

Dear Secretary Boergers:

Enclosed for filing is one original and 14 copies of the Motion to Intervene of the California Independent System Operator Corporation in the above-referenced proceeding. An additional copy of the filing is also enclosed.  Please stamp the additional copy with the date and time filed and return it to the messenger.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

				Respectfully submitted,

                                                                 
Mark R. Klupt
Swidler Berlin Shereff Friedman, LLP
3000 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20007
Tel: (202) 424-7500
Fax: (202) 424-7643

					Attorney for the California 
Independent System Operator Corporation
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