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 December 31, 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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31,
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 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended December 31, 2004 fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of Energy West, Incorporated.


Date: February 14, 2005                 /s/ David A. Cerotzke
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                                        David A. Cerotzke
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer
                                        (principal executive officer)