EXHIBIT 32.1

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

      IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACCOMPANYING ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K OF ENERGY
WEST, INCORPORATED FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2004, I, DAVID A. CEROTZKE,
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 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2004
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 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2004 FAIRLY PRESENTS, IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS, THE
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OF ENERGY WEST, INCORPORATED.

DATE: DECEMBER 17, 2004                /s/ DAVID A. CEROTZKE
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                                       DAVID A. CEROTZKE
                                       PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                       (PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER)