Sacramento CA (10/22/2019)- EPC Trading, Inc. (EPC) is an Arcadia, California, based company that manufactures Kobe brand range hoods. EPC sold or offered for sale range hoods in California, from July 2015 to June 2019.

This case was the result of an anonymous complaint. The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) investigation process identified that EPC was manufacturing and offering for sale range hoods that were not certified to the Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS).

To settle this matter, EPC executed a Settlement Agreement with CEC on October 16, 2019, for $39,100.00. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Efficiency Enforcement Subaccount established by SB 454 of 2011 (Pavley). EPC has also agreed to a compliance plan to test and certify all models to MAEDbS before continuing to sell in California.

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