**Exhibit 31.1.1**

 

***Certificationpursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for GSWC***

 

I,Floyd E. Wicks, certify that:

 

1)             Ihave reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30,2008 of Golden State Water Company (referred to as “GSWC”);

 

2)             Basedon 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)             Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of GSWC as of, and for, theperiods presented in this report;

 

4)             GSWC’sother certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for GSWC and have:

 

a)              designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to GSWC, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is madeknown to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period inwhich this report is being prepared;

 

b)             designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)              evaluatedthe effectiveness of GSWC’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controlsand procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based onsuch evaluation; and

 

d)             disclosedin this report any change in GSWC’s internal control over financial reportingthat occurred during GSWC’s most recent fiscal quarter (GSWC’s fourth fiscalquarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, GSWC’s internal control over financialreporting.

 

5)             GSWC’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the GSWC’s auditorsand the audit committee of GSWC’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent function):

 

a)              allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the GSWC’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and

 

b)             anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in GSWC’s internal controls over financial reporting.

 
| Dated: December 31, 2008 | By:    | /s/ FLOYD E. WICKS      |
|-------------------------------|--------|-------------------------|
|                          |   | Floyd E. Wicks          |
|                          |   | Chief Executive Officer |

 

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