Vinotemp International Corporation, a Irvine, California based company that imports and manufactures wine chillers, sold units in California between January 2014 and March 2016 that were not listed in the California Appliance Efficiency Database (database). 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 compliance with the energy efficiency regulations governing wine chillers. The CEC staff notified the manufacturer who immediately tested and certified their units to the database. The company is now in compliance. To settle this matter, the company executed a settlement agreement with CEC on October 13, 2016 for $29,230.00. The penalty was reduced due to financial hardship evidenced by Vinotemp. The penalty monies are deposited into the Appliance Enforcement Subaccount established by SB 454 of 2011(Pavley).