# **EXHIBIT 31.1**

 

**Certification**

I, Frederick M. Pevow, Chief Executive Officer(Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) of Gateway EnergyCorporation, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Gateway EnergyCorporation for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2011;

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

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

4.     I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) andinternal control of financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

a)               designed such disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosurecontrols and procedures to be designed under my supervision to ensure thatmaterial information relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this report is being prepared;

b)              designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

c)               evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectivenessof the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period coveredby this report based on such evaluation; and

d)              disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscalquarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annualreport) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materiallyaffect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.     I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee ofregistrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

a)               all significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in the design or operationof internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

b)              any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employeeswho have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

Date: May 12, 2011                                                           /s/Frederick M. Pevow                                                                         

                                                                                         Frederick M. Pevow

                                                                                         Chief Executive Officer

                                                                                         (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

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