Exhibit 3.1 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF ACCORD ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES, Inc. We, the undersigned President and Secretary of Accord Advanced Technologies, Inc. do hereby certify: That the Board of Directors of said corporation at a meeting duly convened and held on the 7th day of May 2001 adopted a resolution to amend the original articles as follows: ARTICLE 1 is hereby amended to read as follows: That the name of the corporation is: Central Utilities Production, Corporation ARTICLE 4 is hereby amended to read as follows: The amount of the total authorized capital stock of the corporation is Fifty Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($50,300) consisting of Five Hundred Million (500,000,000) shares of Common stock and Three Million (3,000,000) shares of Preferred stock all have the par value of $.0001 each. The number of shares of the corporation outstanding and entitled to vote on an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation are 39,568,638; that the said change(s) and amendment has been consented to and approved by a majority vote of the stockholders holding at least a majority of each class of stock outstanding and entitled to vote thereon. /s/ Travis Wilson -------------------------------- Travis Wilson, President /s/ Carl P. Ranno -------------------------------- Carl P. Ranno, Secretary State of _Arizona County of _______ Maricopa _____ On May 24, 2001___________________________ , personally appeared before me, a Notary Public, Dawn Johnson Fuller, Travis Wilson and Carl P. Ranno (Name of persons appearing and signing document) Who acknowledged that they executed the above instrument. /s/ Dawn Johnson Fuller - --------------------------- Signature of Notary [Notary Stamp or Seal]