Maax Spas Industries Corp. (Maax Spas) is a Chandler, Arizona, based company who manufactures portable electric spas. Maax Spas sold or offered for sale portable electric spas in California, during the time period of July 2015 to October 2017.

This case was a result of data mining performed by California Energy Commission (Energy Commission) staff. The Energy Commission's investigation process identified Maax Spas manufacturing and offering for sale portable electric spas not tested prior to being certified to the Appliance Efficiency Database (Database).

To settle this matter, Maax Spas executed a Settlement Agreement with the Energy Commission August 31, 2018, for $152,500.00. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Efficiency Enforcement Subaccount established by SB 454 of 2011 (Pavley). Maax Spas has also agreed to a compliance plan to test and certify each basic model to the Database before continuing to sell into California.