SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE-PN) 10-K 2005 FY Annual report

                                                 CERTIFICATION

               I, BONITA J. SMITH, Assistant Secretary of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, certify that the
attached is an accurate and complete copy of a resolution of the Board of Directors of the corporation, duly
adopted at a meeting of its Board of Directors held on December 15, 2005.

Dated:  February 24, 2006



                                                      /s/ Bonita J. Smith
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                                                      Assistant Secretary
                                              SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

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                                    RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
                                      SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
                                          Adopted: December 15, 2005
                                         RE: FORMS 10-K, 10-Q, AND 8-K

               WHEREAS, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and regulations thereunder, require
that Annual, Quarterly, and Current Reports be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("Commission"), and it is desirable to effect such filings over the signatures of attorneys-in-fact;

               NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that each of the officers of this corporation is hereby
authorized to file or cause to be filed with the Commission the Annual Report on Form 10-K of this
corporation for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the first
three quarters of fiscal year 2006, Current Reports on Form 8-K from time to time during 2006 through
December 14, 2006, or in the event this Board of Directors does not meet on December 14, 2006, through the
next succeeding date on which this Board holds a regular meeting, and any required or appropriate supplements
or amendments to such reports, all in such forms as the officer acting or counsel for this corporation
considers appropriate.

               BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each of the officers of this corporation is hereby authorized to
execute and deliver on behalf of this corporation a power or powers of attorney appointing Stephen E.
Pickett, Thomas M. Noonan, Polly L. Gault, Barbara E. Mathews, Kenneth S. Stewart, Linda G. Sullivan, Robert
C. Boada, Mary C. Simpson, Paige W. R. White, Michael A. Henry, Jeffrey C. Shieh, Lowell B. Reinstein, Lyle
G. Geiger, Darla F. Forte, Eileen B. Guerrero, Bonita J. Smith, Marga Rosso, and Sarah C. Perez, and each of
them, to act severally as attorney-in-fact in their respective names, places and steads, and on behalf of
this corporation, for the purpose of executing and filing with the Commission the above-described reports and
any amendments and supplements thereto.

APPROVED:



/s/ John E. Bryson
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Chairman of the Board


/s/ Stephen E. Pickett
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Senior Vice President and General Counsel