EXHIBIT 32.1


                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

         In connection with the accompanying Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of
Energy West Incorporated for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, I, John C. Allen,
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Energy West, Incorporated,
hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my knowledge:

         (1) such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2004 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

         (2) the information contained in such Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2004 fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of Energy West, Incorporated.


Date: May 17, 2004                                /s/  John C. Allen
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                                                  John C. Allen
                                                  Interim President and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer
                                                  (principal executive officer)