IN THE United States Court of Appeals
for the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Circuit

California Independent System Operator Corporation )
and California Electricity Oversight Board, 		   )
Petitioners				   ) 
				   )
v.						   )	Nos. 98-1384
							   )	  (related Docket 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,		   )	  98-1225 and 98-1226 			Respondent				   ) 	  

PETITIONER CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR CORPORATION’S RESPONSE IN SUPPORT OF FERC AND OVERSIGHT BOARD’S JOINT MOTION TO SUSPEND ORAL ARGUMENT

 Earlier today, on February 16, 1998, the California Electricity Oversight Board (Oversight Board) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) filed a Joint Motion to Suspend Oral Argument on the jurisdictional issue that is currently scheduled for February 18, 1999.  The ISO hereby files its response in support of that joint motion.  
The ISO has consistently expressed its need for a prompt resolution of this appeal because of the conflicting state and federal directives regarding its governance structure imposed on it by FERC and the State of California.  The ISO believes that the ongoing joint effort of FERC and the State of California to resolve amicably their differences, as 

more fully described in their joint motion, presents the best opportunity for prompt relief from these conflicting directives.  For that reason, the ISO urges the Court to grant the joint motion.
							Respectfully submitted, 
							
________________________
N. Beth Emery					Stephen Angle
Vice President and General Counsel			Jerrold J. Ganzfried
California Independent System Operator		Linda L. Walsh 
  Corporation						Howrey & Simon 
151 Blue Ravine Road				1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Folsom, CA  95630					Washington, D.C.  20004
Tel:  (916) 351-2334					Tel: (202) 783-0800 
Fax:  (916) 351-2350 					Fax: (202) 383-6610
	
Counsel for the California Independent System Operator Corporation
	
February 16, 1999