**Exhibit          31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION**

 

 

 

I, Joseph J. Raymond,          certify          that:

 

| 1. | I have reviewed                    this                    quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended                    June 30,                    2005 of Stratus Services                    Group, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
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| 2. | Based on my                    knowledge,                    this quarterly 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 quarterly                    report; |
| 3. | Based on my                    knowledge,                    the financial statements, and other financial information included                    in this                    quarterly 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 quarterly report;                    |
| 4. | The registrant's                    other                    certifying officers 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 we                    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 quarterly report is being prepared; |
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| b. | evaluated                    the                    effectiveness of the registrant'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 quarterly report based on such evaluation; and                                                                                                                                  |
| c. | disclosed                    in this 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;                    and                |

 

| 5. | The registrant's                    other                    certifying officers 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 the registrant's                    board of                    directors (or persons performing the equivalent                    function): |
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| 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 |
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| b. | any                    fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other                    employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal                    control                    over financial reporting.                                                                                                                                            |

 

 

| Date: August                    17,                    2005 | /s/ Joseph                    J.                    Raymond                           |
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|                                                        | Joseph J.                    Raymond                                                  |
|                                                        | Chairman,                    President and                    Chief Executive Officer |
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