Program Area
Appliances
Date Settled
December 2016
Settlement Amount
$25,633.38

Quality Leisure Products Corporation (Quality Leisure Products) is a Glendale, Arizona, based company that manufactures Tuff Spas brand portable electric spas. In 2015 and 2016, Quality Leisure Products sold or offered for sale 10 units of portable electric spas in California through various retailers and distributors.

The California Energy Commission (CEC) staff tested one of these units at the California State University, Sacramento - College of Engineering Energy Efficiency Laboratory and found it to be in violation of the Appliance Efficiency Regulations governing portable electric spas. The portable electric spas were listed in the Appliance Efficiency Database (Database) but did not meet the energy efficiency standards when tested using the appropriate test method.

To settle this matter, Quality Leisure Products executed a settlement agreement with CEC on December 15, 2016, for $25,633.38. Quality Leisure Products has also redesigned their Tuff Spas portable electric spas to comply with CEC's energy efficiency standards, agreed to retest all models to ensure compliance, update all models in the Database, use a new model number for the redesigned models, and update its product label for spas manufactured for sale outside of California to include the phrase "Not for sale in California." The company is now in full compliance. The penalty monies will be deposited into the Appliance Enforcement Subaccount established by SB 454 of 2011 (Pavley).

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