EXHIBIT  31.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
           PURSUANT TO 15 U.S.C. SEC. 7241 AND 17 C.F.R. 240.13A-14(A)

I, John Mork, certify that:

     1.  I  have  reviewed  this Form 10-Q of Energy Corporation of America (the
     "Company");

     2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement
     of  a  material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the
     statements  made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements
     were  made,  not  misleading  with  respect  to  the period covered by this
     report;

     3.  Based  on  my  knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial
     information  included  in  this  report,  fairly  present  in  all material
     respects  the  financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of
     the  company  as  of,  and  for,  the  periods  presented  in  this report;

     4.  The  company's  other  certifying  officer  and  I  are responsible for
     establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined
     in  Exchange  Act  Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over
     financial  reporting  (as  defined  in  Exchange  Act  Rules  13a-15(f) and
     15d-15(f))  for  the  company  and  have:

          (a)  Designed  such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such
          disclosure  controls  and  procedures  to  be  designed  under  our
          supervision,  to  ensure  that  material  information  relating to the
          company,  including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
          by  others  within  those  entities, particularly during the period in
          which  this  report  is  being  prepared;

          (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused
          such  internal  control  over financial reporting to be designed under
          our  supervision,  to  provide  reasonable  assurance  regarding  the
          reliability  of  financial  reporting and the preparation of financial
          statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
          accounting  principles;

          (c)  Evaluated  the effectiveness of the company's disclosure controls
          and  procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
          effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end
          of  the  period  covered  by this report based on such evaluation; and

          (d)  Disclosed  in  this  report  any change in the company's internal
          control  over  financial  reporting that occurred during the company's
          most  recent  fiscal quarter


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          (the  company's first fiscal quarter) that has materially affected, or
          is  reasonably  likely  to  materially  affect, the company's internal
          control  over  financial  reporting;  and

     5.  The  company's  other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
     our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
     the  company's  auditors  and the audit committee of the company's board of
     directors  (or  persons  performing  the  equivalent  functions):

          (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design
          or  operation  of  internal control over financial reporting which are
          reasonably likely to adversely affect the company's ability to record,
          process,  summarize  and  report  financial  information;  and

          (b)  Any  fraud,  whether or not material, that involves management or
          other  employees who have a significant role in the company's internal
          control  over  financial  reporting.


Date:  May 6, 2004


                                   /s/  John Mork
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                                                   JOHN MORK
                                      President and Chief Executive Officer


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