{"id":19291,"date":"2026-01-04T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=19291"},"modified":"2026-01-04T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:19:26","slug":"labrador-secures-settlement-with-local-hvac-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/labrador-secures-settlement-with-local-hvac-company\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Labrador Secures Settlement with Local HVAC Company for Consumer Protection Violations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>BOISE, ID<\/strong> <strong>\u2014<\/strong> Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador announced this week that his office entered into a settlement agreement with Right Now Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing LLC, stemming from the investigation of consumer complaints regarding business practices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right Now signed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) which addresses the various concerns and requires a payment of $6500 to the Office of the Attorney General for its investigative fees and costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cI\u2019m proud of the work my team in our Consumer Protection Division has done on this case to put Idaho consumers first,\u201d said Attorney General Labrador. \u201cThis settlement safeguards the interests of families and also provides an opportunity for a business to improve their practices within the requirements of the Idaho Consumer Protection Act.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per the settlement, Right Now agrees to adopt nine requirements for their business operations, including transparent disclosure of costs in their advertising, provide hard copies of any contracts prior to beginning any work, ensuring any employees are lawfully licensed or registered, records retention for any complaints received by the company, and prompt refunds and rebates to which a customer is entitled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consumer complaints can be filed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ag.idaho.gov\/consumer-protection\/report-scams-idaho\/\"><strong>ReportScamsIdaho.com<\/strong><\/a> to engage in the voluntary mediation process provided by the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General. Tips and suggestions at avoiding scams and fraud, as well as links to various consumer resources can also be found on the webpage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ag.idaho.gov\/content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2025-12-19-AVC.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the settlement here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOISE, ID \u2014 Attorney General Ra\u00fal Labrador announced this week that his office entered into a settlement agreement with Right Now Heating, Cooling, and Plumbing LLC, stemming from the investigation of consumer complaints regarding business practices. Right Now signed an Assurance of Voluntary Compliance (AVC) which addresses the various concerns and requires a payment of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":19294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[1373,824],"class_list":["post-19291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions-op-eds","tag-consumer-protection","tag-press-release","cat-243-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19291"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19293,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19291\/revisions\/19293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}