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                                                                 Exhibit 3.1.3

                               STATE OF CALIFORNIA
                        OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE

      I, BILL JONES, Secretary of State of the State of California, hereby
certify:

      That the attached transcript of 3 page(s) has been compared with the
record on file in this office, of which it purports to be a copy, and that it is
full, true and correct.

                              IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I execute this certificate and
                                 affix the Great Seal of the State of California
                                 this day of

                                               JUL 02 2001
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                                              /s/ Bill Jones
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                                            Secretary of State


[SEAL]
The Great Seal of the
State of California

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                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                            ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                              EDISON MISSION ENERGY


Kevin M. Smith and G. Gary Garcia certify that:

      A.    They are the duly elected and acting Senior Vice  President
and Treasurer,  respectively,  of Edison Mission Energy, a California
corporation (the "Corporation").

      B.    The First  Amended  and  Restated  Articles  of  Incorporation
of Edison Mission Energy shall be amended by adding the following  section at
the end of Article IV thereof:

      5. Notwithstanding any other provision of these Articles of Incorporation
      or applicable law, the Corporation shall not, without the approval of the
      shareholders of the Corporation, take any action or omit to take any
      action, either directly or indirectly, that under the Indenture, dated as
      of July 2, 2001, by and between Mission Energy Holding Company, a Delaware
      corporation and the sole shareholder of the Corporation, and Wilmington
      Trust Company, as trustee, or under the Credit Agreement, dated as of July
      2, 2001, by and among Mission Energy Holding Company, as borrower, the
      lenders named therein, and Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. (or any
      successor thereto), as the lead arranger, Mission Energy Holding Company
      has agreed the Corporation would not take or omit, or Mission Energy
      Holding Company has agreed it would not cause or permit the Corporation to
      take or to omit.

      C.    All of the directors of the Corporation  have consented in writing
to adoption of this amendment.

      D.    The corporation has one class of stock,  Common Stock of which 100
shares are outstanding.

      E. The sole holder of the outstanding shares of the Corporation has
consented in writing in accordance with Section 603(a) of the General
Corporation Law of California (the "CGCL") to the adoption of this amendment,
hereby satisfying the required vote of shareholders necessary to approve said
amendment in accordance with Section 902 of the CGCL.

      F.    This certificate shall become effective upon filing with the
California Secretary of State.

                            [SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate on
July 2, 2001.

                               /s/ Kevin M. Smith
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                              Kevin M. Smith
                              Senior Vice President of
                              Edison Mission Energy


                               /s/ G. Gary Garcia
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                              G. Gary Garcia
                              Treasurer of
                              Edison Mission Energy

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                                   DECLARATION

      Each of the undersigned declares under penalty of perjury under the laws
of the State of California that the matters set forth in the foregoing
Certificate of Amendment are true and correct of his/her own knowledge.

      Executed at Irvine, California, on July 2, 2001.

                               /s/ Kevin M. Smith
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                              Kevin M. Smith
                              Senior Vice President of
                              Edison Mission Energy


                               /s/ G. Gary Garcia
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                              G. Gary Garcia
                              Treasurer of
                              Edison Mission Energy