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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2005



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



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


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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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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Delaware<BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">20-0501090<BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">600 Anton Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;2000<BR>
Costa Mesa, California<BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">92626<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Stock Option Agreement dated April&nbsp;29, 2005 between<BR>
Commerce Energy Group, Inc. and Ian B. Carter<BR>
(Full title of the plan)



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Richard L. Boughrum<BR>
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Commerce Energy Group, Inc.<BR>
600 Anton Boulevard, Suite&nbsp;2000<BR>
Costa Mesa, California 92626<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(714)&nbsp;258-0470<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies of all communications 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<BR>
Tel: (714)&nbsp;668-6200<BR>
Fax: (714)&nbsp;979-1921



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


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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">2,500,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$2.50</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$6,250,000</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$736</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock Rights (3)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&#151;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(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&#146;s 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.</TD>
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    <TD width="96%">In accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1), the price of the securities is based on the actual price at which the options may be exercised.</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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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#000">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#003">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#007">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>



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


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July&nbsp;31,
2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;15,
2004;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
October&nbsp;31, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December&nbsp;15, 2004;
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
January&nbsp;31, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;17, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for
the quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June&nbsp;14, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(e)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April&nbsp;30, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
June&nbsp;14, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(f)</TD>
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    <TD>Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended January 31, 2005 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(g)</TD>
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    <TD>Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended April 30, 2005 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(h)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August&nbsp;9, 2004, August&nbsp;23, 2004,
September&nbsp;24, 2004, November&nbsp;12, 2004, November&nbsp;15, 2004, November&nbsp;19,
2004, November&nbsp;29, 2004, December&nbsp;8, 2004, December&nbsp;15, 2004, December
27, 2004, January&nbsp;12, 2005, January&nbsp;19, 2005, February&nbsp;3, 2005, February
4, 2005, February&nbsp;10, 2005, March&nbsp;1, 2005, March&nbsp;7, 2005, March&nbsp;21, 2005,
April&nbsp;22, 2005, April&nbsp;27, 2005, May&nbsp;12, 2005,
June&nbsp;14, 2005, June&nbsp;16,
2005 and July 14, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement dated December&nbsp;3, 2004 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;8, 2004 in
connection with the Registrant&#146;s January&nbsp;12, 2005 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Exchange 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant,
the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant and Section&nbsp;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 has entered into an indemnification agreement with each director and
officer, whereby the Registrant has agreed to cover the indemnification obligations.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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
officers, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s officers and
directors for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its officers and
directors that provide indemnification and expense advancement to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law.

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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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>


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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Stock Option Agreement by and between Ian B. Carter
and Commerce Energy Group, Inc., previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;22, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce Energy Group,
Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as 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), which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</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, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC
File No.&nbsp;001-32239), which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC
File No.&nbsp;001-32239), which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky &#038; Walker LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</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"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP, Independent Auditors.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</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">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</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 align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(1)&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;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
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 the Registration
Statement;


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

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment 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 bone fide offering thereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange 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 of proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer of 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.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">4
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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, 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 the City of Costa Mesa, State of California, on July 14, 2005.


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">COMMERCE ENERGY GROUP, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;RICHARD L. BOUGHRUM</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Richard L. Boughrum&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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 MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Richard L. Boughrum and Kenneth Robinson and each of them singly, such person&#146;s true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such
person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including such
person&#146;s capacity as a director and/or officer of Commerce Energy Group, Inc.), to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or their or his substitute or substitutes, 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, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;PETER WEIGAND<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Peter Weigand</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President and a Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;RICHARD L. BOUGHRUM<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Richard L. Boughrum</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;KENNETH L. ROBINSON<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Kenneth L. Robinson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;CHARLES E. BAYLESS<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Charles E. Bayless</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;IAN B. CARTER<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Ian B. Carter</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;GREGORY L. CRAIG<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Gregory L. Craig</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;MARK S. JUERGENSEN<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Mark S. Juergensen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/&nbsp;ROBERT C. PERKINS<BR>
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Robert C. Perkins</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">July 14, 2005</TD>
</TR>

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


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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="80%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Number</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Stock Option Agreement by and between Ian B. Carter and Commerce Energy
Group, Inc., previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to
the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April&nbsp;22, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce Energy Group,
Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as 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), which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</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, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as 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.
001-32239), which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
8-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;6, 2004 (SEC
File No.&nbsp;001-32239), which is incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" 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"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" 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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2005
Registration No. 333________
UNITED STATES
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
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
20-0501090
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
600 Anton Boulevard, Suite 2000
Costa Mesa, California
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
92626
(Zip Code)
Stock Option Agreement dated April 29, 2005 between
Commerce Energy Group, Inc. and Ian B. Carter
(Full title of the plan)
Richard L. Boughrum
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial 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)
Copies of all communications to:
John F. Della Grotta, Esq.
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP
Seventeenth Floor
695 Town Center Drive
Costa Mesa, California 92626-1924
Tel: (714) 668-6200
Fax: (714) 979-1921
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
to be registered
registered(1)
per share(2)
offering price(2)
registration fee
Common Stock
2,500,000 shares
$2.50
$6,250,000
$736
Common Stock Rights (3)
—
—
—
—
(1)
This Registration Statement also relates to such additional and indeterminable number of shares of the Registrant's 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.
(2)
In accordance with Rule 457(h)(1), the price of the securities is based on the actual price at which the options may be exercised.
(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.
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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
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 5.1
EXHIBIT 23.2
EXHIBIT 23.3
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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)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended July 31,
2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 15,
2004;
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
October 31, 2004 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
December 15, 2004;
(c)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
January 31, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2005;
(d)
Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q/A for
the quarter ended January 31, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on June 14, 2005;
(e)
The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended April 30, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
June 14, 2005;
(f)
Amendment No. 2 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended January 31, 2005 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2005.
(g)
Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended April 30, 2005 filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on July 12, 2005.
(h)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2004, August 23, 2004,
September 24, 2004, November 12, 2004, November 15, 2004, November 19,
2004, November 29, 2004, December 8, 2004, December 15, 2004, December
27, 2004, January 12, 2005, January 19, 2005, February 3, 2005, February
4, 2005, February 10, 2005, March 1, 2005, March 7, 2005, March 21, 2005,
April 22, 2005, April 27, 2005, May 12, 2005,
June 14, 2005, June 16,
2005 and July 14, 2005;
(i)
The Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement dated December 3, 2004 filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 8, 2004 in
connection with the Registrant's January 12, 2005 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders; 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (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 Exchange 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.
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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 has entered into an indemnification agreement with each director and
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
officers, may be sufficiently broad to permit indemnification of the Registrant's officers and
directors for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its officers and
directors that provide indemnification and expense advancement to the fullest extent permitted by
Delaware law.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Form of Stock Option Agreement by and between Ian B. Carter
and Commerce Energy Group, Inc., previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce Energy Group,
Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 (SEC File No. 001-32239), which is incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
of Commerce Energy Group, Inc., dated July 1, 2004, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
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), which is incorporated herein by reference.
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as
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), which is incorporated herein by reference.
5.1
Opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP.
23.1
Consent of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors.
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page).
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Item 9. Undertakings
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) 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 of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
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 the Registration
Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (1)(i) and (1)(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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such
post-effective amendment 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 bone fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to section
13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the 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.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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
Securities and Exchange 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 of proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer of 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, 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 the City of Costa Mesa, State of California, on July 14, 2005.
COMMERCE ENERGY GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ RICHARD L. BOUGHRUM
Richard L. Boughrum
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Richard L. Boughrum and Kenneth Robinson and each of them singly, such person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such
person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (including such
person's capacity as a director and/or officer of Commerce Energy Group, Inc.), to sign any and all
amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents
and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each said
attorney-in-fact and agent, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ PETER WEIGAND
Peter Weigand
President and a Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
July 14, 2005
/s/ RICHARD L. BOUGHRUM
Richard L. Boughrum
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer)
July 14, 2005
/s/ KENNETH L. ROBINSON
Kenneth L. Robinson
Vice President and Corporate Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
July 14, 2005
/s/ CHARLES E. BAYLESS
Charles E. Bayless
Director
July 14, 2005
/s/ IAN B. CARTER
Ian B. Carter
Director
July 14, 2005
/s/ GREGORY L. CRAIG
Gregory L. Craig
Director
July 14, 2005
/s/ MARK S. JUERGENSEN
Mark S. Juergensen
Director
July 14, 2005
/s/ ROBERT C. PERKINS
Robert C. Perkins
Director
July 14, 2005
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Form of Stock Option Agreement by and between Ian B. Carter and Commerce Energy
Group, Inc., previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 10.1 to
the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 22, 2005, which is incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Commerce Energy Group,
Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission 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 (SEC File No. 001-32239), which is incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Certificate of Designation of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock
of Commerce Energy Group, Inc., dated July 1, 2004, previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as 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), which is incorporated herein by reference.
4.4
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Commerce Energy Group, Inc. previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as 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), which is incorporated herein by reference.
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.
23.3
Consent of Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Independent Auditors.
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on the signature page).
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