Le Cache Premium Wine Cabinets (Le Cache) is a Petaluma, California based company who manufactures wine chillers. From July 2015 to July 2017, Le Cache sold or offered for sale 44 wine chillers in California that were in violation of the Appliance Efficiency Regulations.

This case started as an internal tip from California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) staff. The Energy Commission's investigation process identified Le Cache manufacturing and offering for sale wine chillers not certified to the Appliance Efficiency Database (Database).

To settle this matter, Le Cache executed a Settlement Agreement with the Energy Commission on July 25, 2018, for $12,144.00. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Efficiency Enforcement Subaccount established by SB 454 of 2011 (Pavley). Le Cache has also agreed to a compliance plan to test and certify each basic model to the Database before continuing to sell into California.