|Exhibit 99(g)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|NORTH JERSEY ENERGY ASSOCIATES, A LIMITED PARTNERSHIP(the registrant)Certification Of Periodic Report                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|I, James L. Robo, President of ESI Northeast Energy GP, Inc. (equivalent to the Chief Executive Officer of registrant) as Administrative General Partner of North Jersey Energy Associates, a limited partnership certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:                    
|(1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|(2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|Dated:  March 27, 2003                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to North Jersey Energy Associates, a limited partnership and will be retained by North Jersey Energy Associates, a limited partnership and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.