Sacramento CA (7/8/2021) – Sprite Industries, Inc. (Sprite) is a Corona, California, based company that manufactures plumbing fittings. Sprite sold or offered for sale showerheads in California, from January 2016 to September 2020.

This case was the result of an industry complaint. The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) investigation and testing process identified that Sprite was manufacturing and offering for sale showerheads that did not meet the efficiency standard, failed the marking requirement, and were not certified to the Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS).

To settle this matter, Sprite executed a Settlement Agreement with CEC on July 1, 2021, for $27,000.00. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Efficiency Enforcement Subaccount established by SB 454 of 2011 (Pavley). Sprite has also agreed to a compliance plan to redesign the non-compliant models to meet the efficiency standard, add the appropriate marking, and test and certify all models to MAEDbS before continuing to sell in California.

https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/commission/enforcement/litigation/settlementPage.php?pageNo=153