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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS ________________________________________________ ) PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, ) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, ) AND CALIFORNIA ELECTRICITY ) OVERSIGHT BOARD, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) No. 07-157C ) (Senior Judge Smith) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) _______________________________________________ ) ) SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, ) a California corporation, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 07-167C ) (Senior Judge Smith) THE UNITED STATES, ) ) Defendant. ) ________________________________________________) DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A THIRD STATUS REPORT REGARDING THE RELATED PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI Defendant, the United States, respectfully requests that this Court grant defendant leave to file a third status report in this matter. The status report concerns a related petition for a writ of certiorari in BPA v. FERC, 422 F.3d 908 (9th Cir. 2005). Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General

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s/ Jeanne E. Davidson JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director OF COUNSEL: Sean B. McNamara Trial Attorney Department of Justice Peter Burger Attorney Bonneville Power Administration John D. Bremer Attorney Western Area Power Administration August 8, 2007 s/ Mark A. Melnick MARK A. MELNICK Assistant Director Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit, 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tele: (202) 616-0475 Fax: (202) 305-7644

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CERTIFICATE OF FILING I hereby certify that on this 8TH day of August, 2007, a copy of the foregoing "DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A THIRD STATUS REPORT REGARDING THE RELATED PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI," was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. The parties may access this filing through the Court's system. s/ Mark A. Melnick