Firman Power Equipment (Firman) is a Peoria, Arizona, based company that manufactures remote start generators. Firman sold or offered for sale remote start generators in California, from July 2015 to August 2019.

This case was the result of an industry complaint. The California Energy Commission's (CEC) investigation process identified that Firman was manufacturing and offering for sale remote start generators containing small battery charger systems that were not certified to the Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS).

To settle this matter, Firman executed a Settlement Agreement with CEC on March 11, 2020, for $4,748.00. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Efficiency Enforcement Subaccount established by SB 454 of 2011 (Pavley). Firman has also agreed to a compliance plan to certify all models to MAEDbS before continuing to sell in California.