EXHIBIT 31.1


CERTIFICATIONS

I, Frank W. Getman Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of
BayCorp Holdings, Ltd., certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of BayCorp
Holdings, Ltd.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual
report;

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

4. The registrant'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)) for the registrant 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 registrant, including its consolidated
 subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those
 entities, particularly during the period in which this annual
 report is being prepared;

    b) [paragraph omitted pursuant to SEC Release Nos. 33-8238
 and 34-47986];

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

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

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or
person 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
  registrant'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 registrant's internal controls.

Date:  March 26, 2004    By:   /s/ Frank W. Getman Jr.
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                         Frank W. Getman Jr.
                         President and Chief Executive Officer
                         (principal executive officer)