EGR Commerce Energy Grp.,

Commerce Energy Group, Inc. (AMEX: EGR), a leading U.S. electricity and natural gas marketing company, today announced that Jesup & Lamont�s (AMEX: JLI) San Francisco investment banking division acted as the advisor and placement agent in connection with the bridge financing announced August 21, 2008. �Jesup & Lamont played a critical role in helping us secure our bridge financing,� said Greg Craig, chairman and chief executive officer of Commerce Energy. �Their professionalism, combined with confidence and optimism in our company�s future, made them the right choice at this important stage of Commerce Energy�s growth and development.� About Jesup & Lamont Inc. Established in 1877, Jesup & Lamont has an extensive history on Wall Street, with its origins encompassing such successes as providing brokerage services to Standard Oil and raising capital for the construction of Rockefeller Center. Jesup & Lamont, through its two wholly owned brokerage subsidiaries, offers full service broker-dealer services through its approximately 300 retail brokers in over 30 offices nationwide and institutional sales offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Boca Raton and Orlando. The Company�s Jesup & Lamont Securities Corporation subsidiary also publishes proprietary research on several industries including Aerospace/Defense, Alternative Energy and Life Sciences/Healthcare and offers comprehensive investment banking service. About Commerce Energy Group Commerce Energy Group is a leading independent U.S. electricity and natural gas marketing company. Its principal operating subsidiary, Commerce Energy, Inc., is licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and by state regulatory agencies as an unregulated retail marketer of natural gas and electricity and serves homeowners, commercial and industrial consumers and institutional customers. For more information, visit www.CommerceEnergy.com. Forward-Looking Statements Except for historical information contained in this release, statements in this release may constitute forward-looking statements regarding the company�s assumptions, projections, expectations, targets, intentions or beliefs about future events. Words or phrases such as �anticipates,� �believes,� �estimates,� �expects,� �intends,� �plans,� �predicts,� �projects,� �targets,� �will likely result,� �will continue,� �may,� �could� or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those expressed. Commerce Energy Group, Inc. cautions that while such statements in this news release, whether express or implied, are made in good faith and the company believes such statements are based on reasonable assumptions, including without limitation, management�s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in records, and other data available from third parties, the company cannot assure that its projections will be achieved. In addition to other factors and matters discussed from time to time in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), some important factors that could cause actual results or outcomes for Commerce Energy Group, Inc. or its subsidiaries to differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements include: the ability to secure a longer term credit facility by year-end, the success and effectiveness of the company�s new management plans and strategies; higher than anticipated attrition of company personnel, the volatility of the energy markets; higher than expected attrition of, and/or unforeseen operating difficulties relating to, customer accounts, competition, operating hazards, uninsured risks, failure of performance by suppliers and transmitters, changes in general economic conditions, seasonal weather or force majeure events that adversely affect electricity or natural gas supply or infrastructure, decisions by our energy suppliers requiring us to post additional collateral for our energy purchases, uncertainties in the capital markets should the company seek to raise additional equity or debt; uncertainties relating to federal and state proceedings regarding the 2000-2001 California energy crisis; accounts receivable collection issues caused by unfavorable changes in regulations or economic trends, increased or unexpected competition, adverse state or federal legislation or regulation, or adverse determinations by regulators, including failure to obtain regulatory approvals. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and, except as required by law, the company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such factors.