Exhibit 31.1

Certification

I, Randall M. Letcavage, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Premier Holding Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2012;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. Premier Holding Corporation’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(e) and 15d–15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a–15(f) and 15d–15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under its supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under its supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of Premier Holding Corporation’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report its conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in Premier Holding Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during its most recent fiscal quarter (Premier Holding Corporation’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting; and

5. Premier Holding Corporation’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to Premier Holding Corporation’s auditors and the audit committee of its Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect Premier Holding Corporation’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Premier Holding Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 22, 2013

/s/ Randall M. Letcavage

Randall M. Letcavage, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)