Legacy Companies (Legacy) is a company that manufactures cooking and washing products based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Legacy sold or offered for sale hot food holding cabinets, commercial refrigerators and freezers, non-commercial refrigerators and freezers, wine coolers, clothes washers, and clothes dryers in California, from May 2021 to May 2025.

This case was the result of an investigation performed by California Energy Commission (CEC) staff. CEC’s investigation and testing process identified that Legacy was manufacturing and offering for sale BevLes, Maxx Cold, Maxx Ice, WestBend brand hot food holding cabinets, commercial refrigerators and freezers, non-commercial refrigerators and freezers, wine coolers, clothes washers, and clothes dryers that did not meet the efficiency standard and were not certified to the Modernized Appliance Efficiency Database System (MAEDbS).

To resolve this matter, Legacy executed a Settlement Agreement with CEC on November 3, 2026, for $180,000.00 as a result of demonstrating financial hardship. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Efficiency Enforcement Subaccount as required in Public Resources Code section 25402.11. Legacy has also agreed to a compliance plan to discontinue sales of non-compliant models and certify compliant models to MAEDbS.