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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;9, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_________

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>

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THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></DIV>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>COMMERCE ENERGY GROUP, INC.</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>600&nbsp;Anton
Boulevard, Suite 2000<BR>
Costa Mesa, California 92626</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Commonwealth Energy
Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive
Plan, As Amended</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Ian B. Carter<BR>
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Commerce Energy Group, Inc.<BR>
600 Anton Boulevard,<BR>
Suite 2000<BR>
Costa Mesa, California 92626</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(714)&nbsp;258-0470</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Copy to:<BR>
John F. Della Grotta, Esq.<BR>
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker LLP<BR>
Seventeenth Floor<BR>
695 Town Center Drive<BR>
Costa Mesa, California 92626-1924</B>



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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#004">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#011">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#013">POWER OF ATTORNEY</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#014">EXHIBIT INDEX</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Tel:
(714)&nbsp;668-6200<BR>Fax: (714)&nbsp;979-1921</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share
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<TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">6,999,400</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">(2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">)</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>

<TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">16,889,415.90</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,139.89</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock Rights(3)
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">This Registration Statement also relates to such additional and
indeterminable number of shares of the Registrant as may become issuable due to
adjustments for changes resulting from stock dividends, stock splits,
recapitalizations, mergers, reorganizations, combinations or exchanges or other
similar events effected without the receipt of consideration which results in
an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">Of the 6,999,400 shares to be registered
hereunder,
4,979,149 are subject
to options at exercise prices ranging from
$1.86 to $3.05 per share. The offering price for the remaining
2,020,251 shares not subject to
options on the date hereof has been estimated as $2.82 per share solely for the
purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the
basis of the book value per share computed as of April&nbsp;30, 2004.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">The Common Stock Rights are granted pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s
stockholder rights plan, dated July&nbsp;1, 2004. Until a triggering event
thereunder, the rights trade with, and cannot be separated from, the
Registrant&#146;s common stock and will trade with the common stock of the
Registrant. The value, if any, attributable to the Common Stock Rights is
reflected in the market price of the common stock of the Registrant.</TD>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Commerce Energy Group, Inc.
(&#147;Registrant&#148;) is the successor to Commonwealth Energy
Corporation (&#147;Predecessor&#148;) following consummation of a
reorganization which was undertaken to effect the reorganization of
the Predecessor into a Delaware holding company structure whereby the
Predecessor has become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant.
Prior to this reorganization, the Registrant had engaged in no
activities other than incident to the reorganization. Pursuant to the
reorganization, the Registrant assumed the 1999 Equity Incentive
Plan, as amended, and all outstanding options granted thereunder.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*Information required by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
428(a)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The following documents are hereby incorporated into this Registration
Statement and made a part hereof by this reference:



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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended July&nbsp;31, 2003 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;29, 2003;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
for the fiscal year ended July&nbsp;31, 2003 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;17, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended October&nbsp;31, 2003 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;15, 2003;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2004 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;16, 2004;
</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(e)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q/A for the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2004 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;5, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(f)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended April&nbsp;30, 2004 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(g)</TD>
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    <TD>Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K,
as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;3, 2003, December&nbsp;29, 2003, March&nbsp;23, 2004, May
20, 2004, June&nbsp;4, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(h)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July
7, 2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement
dated April&nbsp;9, 2004 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;12, 2004 in connection with the Registrant&#146;s
May&nbsp;20, 2004 Special Meeting of Shareholders; and</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(j)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The description of the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share,
of the Registrant and the common stock purchase rights, which is incorporated by
reference into the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A,
filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004, pursuant to the Exchange Act.</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the Registrant, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant; and Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; which, among other things, and
subject to certain conditions, authorize the Registrant to indemnify, or
indemnify by their terms, as the case may be, the directors and officers of the
Registrant against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in
connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or
officer. Pursuant to this authority, the Registrant intends to enter into an
indemnification agreement with each director and executive officer, whereby the
Registrant has agreed to cover the indemnification obligations.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The registrant maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; insurance providing
indemnification against certain liabilities for certain of the Registrant&#146;s
directors and officers.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">The indemnification provisions in the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws,
and the indemnification agreements which may be entered into between the Registrant and its
directors and executive officers, may be sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s officers and directors for liabilities
arising under the Act.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Reference is made to the following documents incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement regarding relevant indemnification provisions
described above and elsewhere herein: the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004; and the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Bylaws
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004.



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Not applicable.


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Exhibit</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce Energy Group, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of
Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004
(SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce
Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File
No.&nbsp;001-32239).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. dated July&nbsp;1, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-32239).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
6, 2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-32239).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Incorporation of Commonwealth Energy Corporation dated
August&nbsp;14, 1997 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.7 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6,
2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of
Commonwealth Energy Corporation dated December&nbsp;31, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File
No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Determination of Commonwealth Energy Corporation
dated September&nbsp;22, 1997 </TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.9 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004
(SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Commonwealth Energy Corporation, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.10 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Commonwealth Energy Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October&nbsp;8, 2003 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-109552).</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker LLP.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker LLP (included with
Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP,
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>


<P>

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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration Statement;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(i) and
(a)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in Costa Mesa, California, this 8th day of July, 2004.


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    <TD colspan="3">COMMERCE ENERGY GROUP, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Ian
B. Carter</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Ian B. Carter&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2">Chairman of the Board of Directors
and  Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the Registrant, and the
undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant hereby constitute and
appoint Ian B. Carter and Robert C. Perkins its or his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, for it or him and in its or his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, with full power to act alone, to sign any and
all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file each such amendment
to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on
behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Ian B. Carter
<HR size="1" noshade>
Ian B. Carter</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Peter Weigand
<HR size="1" noshade>
Peter Weigand</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Richard L. Boughrum
<HR size="1" noshade>
Richard L. Boughrum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/&nbsp;Kenneth&nbsp;L.
Robinson
<HR size="1" noshade>
Kenneth&nbsp;L. Robinson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer (Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;8, 2004</TD>
</TR>


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Mark S. Juergensen</TD>
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Director
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Robert C. Perkins</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce Energy Group, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of
Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004
(SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce
Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.3 to
the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File
No.&nbsp;001-32239).</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Designation of Series&nbsp;A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. dated July&nbsp;1, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-32239).</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
</TR>

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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;001-32239).</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Articles of Incorporation of Commonwealth Energy Corporation dated
August&nbsp;14, 1997 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;3.7 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6,
2004 (SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of
Commonwealth Energy Corporation dated December&nbsp;31, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.8 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC File
No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Determination of Commonwealth Energy Corporation
dated September&nbsp;22, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.9 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2004
(SEC File No.&nbsp;333-11727).</TD>
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to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Commonwealth Energy Corporation&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9, 2004
Registration No. 333-_________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COMMERCE ENERGY GROUP, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
20-0501090
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
600 Anton
Boulevard, Suite 2000
Costa Mesa, California 92626
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Commonwealth Energy
Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive
Plan, As Amended
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Ian B. Carter
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Commerce Energy Group, Inc.
600 Anton Boulevard,
Suite 2000
Costa Mesa, California 92626
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(714) 258-0470
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
John F. Della Grotta, Esq.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Seventeenth Floor
695 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, California 92626-1924
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PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Item 9. Undertakings.
SIGNATURES
POWER OF ATTORNEY
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
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Tel:
(714) 668-6200
Fax: (714) 979-1921
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price Per
Maximum Aggregate
Registration Fee
to be Registered
Registered (1)
Share
Offering Price (2)
(2)
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share
6,999,400
(2
)
$
16,889,415.90
$
2,139.89
Common Stock Rights(3)
—
—
(1)
This Registration Statement also relates to such additional and
indeterminable number of shares of the Registrant as may become issuable due to
adjustments for changes resulting from stock dividends, stock splits,
recapitalizations, mergers, reorganizations, combinations or exchanges or other
similar events effected without the receipt of consideration which results in
an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of the Registrant's Common
Stock.
(2)
Of the 6,999,400 shares to be registered
hereunder,
4,979,149 are subject
to options at exercise prices ranging from
$1.86 to $3.05 per share. The offering price for the remaining
2,020,251 shares not subject to
options on the date hereof has been estimated as $2.82 per share solely for the
purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on the
basis of the book value per share computed as of April 30, 2004.
(3)
The Common Stock Rights are granted pursuant to the Registrant's
stockholder rights plan, dated July 1, 2004. Until a triggering event
thereunder, the rights trade with, and cannot be separated from, the
Registrant's common stock and will trade with the common stock of the
Registrant. The value, if any, attributable to the Common Stock Rights is
reflected in the market price of the common stock of the Registrant.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Commerce Energy Group, Inc.
("Registrant") is the successor to Commonwealth Energy
Corporation ("Predecessor") following consummation of a
reorganization which was undertaken to effect the reorganization of
the Predecessor into a Delaware holding company structure whereby the
Predecessor has become the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant.
Prior to this reorganization, the Registrant had engaged in no
activities other than incident to the reorganization. Pursuant to the
reorganization, the Registrant assumed the 1999 Equity Incentive
Plan, as amended, and all outstanding options granted thereunder.
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*Information required by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a)
prospectus is omitted from the Registration Statement in accordance with Rule
428(a)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents are hereby incorporated into this Registration
Statement and made a part hereof by this reference:
(a)
Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended July 31, 2003 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on October 29, 2003;
(b)
Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A
for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2003 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2004;
(c)
Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended October 31, 2003 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December 15, 2003;
(d)
Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2004 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2004;
(e)
Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q/A for the quarter ended January 31, 2004 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2004;
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(f)
Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended April 30, 2004 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2004;
(g)
Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K,
as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2003, December 29, 2003, March 23, 2004, May
20, 2004, June 4, 2004;
(h)
The Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July
7, 2004;
(i)
Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Definitive Proxy Statement
dated April 9, 2004 filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on April 12, 2004 in connection with the Registrant's
May 20, 2004 Special Meeting of Shareholders; and
(j)
The description of the Common Stock, par value $.001 per share,
of the Registrant and the common stock purchase rights, which is incorporated by
reference into the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A,
filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2004, pursuant to the Exchange Act.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities
offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of
the Registrant, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant; and Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law; which, among other things, and
subject to certain conditions, authorize the Registrant to indemnify, or
indemnify by their terms, as the case may be, the directors and officers of the
Registrant against certain liabilities and expenses incurred by such persons in
connection with claims made by reason of their being such a director or
officer. Pursuant to this authority, the Registrant intends to enter into an
indemnification agreement with each director and executive officer, whereby the
Registrant has agreed to cover the indemnification obligations.
The registrant maintains directors' and officers' insurance providing
indemnification against certain liabilities for certain of the Registrant's
directors and officers.
The indemnification provisions in the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws,
and the indemnification agreements which may be entered into between the Registrant and its
directors and executive officers, may be sufficiently broad to permit
indemnification of the Registrant's officers and directors for liabilities
arising under the Act.
Reference is made to the following documents incorporated by reference into
this Registration Statement regarding relevant indemnification provisions
described above and elsewhere herein: the Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation, filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on July 6, 2004; and the Registrant's Amended and Restated Bylaws
filed as Exhibit 3.6 to Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2004.
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Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Description
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce Energy Group, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.2
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of
Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004
(SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.3
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce
Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2004 (SEC File
No. 001-32239).
3.4
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. dated July 1, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 6, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-32239).
3.5
Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
6, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.6
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 6, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-32239).
3.7
Articles of Incorporation of Commonwealth Energy Corporation dated
August 14, 1997 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.7 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6,
2004 (SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.8
Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of
Commonwealth Energy Corporation dated December 31, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004 (SEC File
No. 333-11727).
3.9
Certificate of Determination of Commonwealth Energy Corporation
dated September 22, 1997
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(incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.9 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004
(SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.10
Bylaws of Commonwealth Energy Corporation, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-11727).
4.1
Commonwealth Energy Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 8, 2003 (SEC File No. 333-109552).
5.1
Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.
23.1
Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (included with
Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP,
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page).
Item 9. Undertakings.
(1)
The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this
Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease
in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the
low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the
form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any
material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(i) and
(a)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section
13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement.
(b) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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(c) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered that remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(2) The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized in Costa Mesa, California, this 8th day of July, 2004.
COMMERCE ENERGY GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Ian
B. Carter
Ian B. Carter
Chairman of the Board of Directors
and  Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the Registrant, and the
undersigned directors and officers of the Registrant hereby constitute and
appoint Ian B. Carter and Robert C. Perkins its or his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, for it or him and in its or his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, with full power to act alone, to sign any and
all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file each such amendment
to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and any and all
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full
power and authority to do and perform any and all acts and things requisite and
necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and
purposes as it or he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons on
behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Ian B. Carter
Ian B. Carter
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)
July 8, 2004
/s/ Peter Weigand
Peter Weigand
President and Director
July 8, 2004
/s/ Richard L. Boughrum
Richard L. Boughrum
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
July 8, 2004
/s/ Kenneth L.
Robinson
Kenneth L. Robinson
Vice President, Corporate Controller and Treasurer (Principal
Accounting Officer)
July 8, 2004
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Signature
Title
Date
Craig G. Goodman
Director
/s/ Mark S. Juergensen
Mark S. Juergensen
Director
July 8, 2004
/s/ Robert C. Perkins
Robert C. Perkins
Director
July 8, 2004
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce Energy Group, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.2
Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of
Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004
(SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.3
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce
Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to
the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 6, 2004 (SEC File
No. 001-32239).
3.4
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating
Preferred Stock of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. dated July 1, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 6, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-32239).
3.5
Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 3.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-4 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.6
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July 6, 2004 (SEC File No. 001-32239).
3.7
Articles of Incorporation of Commonwealth Energy Corporation dated
August 14, 1997 (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 3.7 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6,
2004 (SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.8
Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of
Commonwealth Energy Corporation dated December 31, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004 (SEC File
No. 333-11727).
3.9
Certificate of Determination of Commonwealth Energy Corporation
dated September 22, 1997 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
3.9 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004
(SEC File No. 333-11727).
3.10
Bylaws of Commonwealth Energy Corporation, as amended
(incorporated by
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reference to Exhibit 3.10 to the Registrant's
Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on January 6, 2004 (SEC File No. 333-11727).
4.1
Commonwealth Energy Corporation 1999 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended (incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.1 to Commonwealth Energy Corporation's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on October 8, 2003 (SEC File No. 333-109552).
5.1
Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.
23.1
Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (included with
Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP,
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page).