The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection has provided notice to the Attorney General of an abnormal market disruption regarding the wholesale price of motor gasoline or gasohol. Pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-234, no seller of motor gasoline or gasohol shall sell, or offer to sell, an energy resource at an unconscionably excessive price between June 11, 2026, and July 11, 2026.

2013 Press Releases

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10/10/2013 Connecticut Joins Multistate Settlement with Affinion Resolving Allegations of Deceptive Practices
Attorney General George Jepsen and state Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein announced today that the state has joined with 46 other states and the District of Columbia in a settlement with Stamford-based Affinion Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, Trilegiant Corporation and Webloyalty.com, Inc., to settle allegations that the companies misled consumers into signing up and paying for discount clubs and memberships.
8/1/2013 Bridgeport Grocery Retailer Sued in Trafficking Scheme
The state is suing a Bridgeport store owner alleging he engaged in a wide-ranging scheme to obtain electronic benefit cards for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”), formerly known as the Food Stamp program, and used them to purchase inventory for his store in violation of federal and state law.
2/13/2013 State Supreme Court Clears Challenge To Tire Pond Cleanup in Hamden, North Haven
1/3/2013 Connecticut Agencies Win Federal Hearing On ISO New England Budget Increases
12/19/2013 Attorney General Urges Congress to Again Extend Tax Relief for Distressed Homeowners
Attorney General George Jepsen is once again leading a national effort by state attorneys general who are urging Congress to extend tax relief for consumers who have mortgage debt canceled or forgiven because of financial hardship or a decline in housing values.
2/28/2013 Attorney General Supporting Marriage Equality Before U.S. Supreme Court
2/5/2013 Attorney General Jepsen Welcomes Bipartisan Federal Proposal to Curb Illegal Gun Trafficking
11/1/2013 Attorney General Jepsen Urges Regulators to Disallow Substantial Amount of CL&P’s 2011 Storm Recovery
In a brief filed today, Attorney General George Jepsen asked the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to disallow at least $90 million in storm-related costs that the Connecticut Light & Power Co. is seeking to recover from ratepayers. The Attorney General asserts that certain claimed costs are improper or unjustified and that PURA should impose a substantial penalty for the company’s broadly deficient and inadequate response to Tropical Storm Irene and the October 2011 Nor’easter.
6/4/2013 Attorney General Jepsen to Regulators: Reject UI Application for Rate Increase
In a brief filed with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority today, Attorney General George Jepsen said that the electric utility’s application should be rejected and, based on the evidence, UI’s distribution rates should decrease, not increase.
8/29/2013 Attorney General Jepsen Reaches Settlement with Citibank on Online Credit Card System Security
Citibank N.A. will pay $55,000 to the state of Connecticut and will obtain a third-party data security audit of its online credit and debit card account system under a settlement filed in court today, Attorney General George Jepsen has announced.
10/23/2013 Attorney General Jepsen Names New Associate AG for Administration and Management
Attorney General George Jepsen has named Assistant Attorney General Antoria D. Howard of Bloomfield as Associate Attorney General for Administration and Management. Assistant Attorney General Ann E. Lynch will assume the role of head of the Employment Rights Department.
5/15/2013 Connecticut, New Jersey Settle Clean Air Lawsuit With Owners of Coal-Burning Generating Plant
The owners of a Pennsylvania power plant have agreed to stop burning coal in two generating units and to provide $1 million towards environmental mitigation in Connecticut and New Jersey as part of a clean air settlement announced today by Attorney General George Jepsen and Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel C. Esty.
10/28/2013 Attorney General Jepsen Joins in Call for U.S. Supreme Court to Recognize Disparate Impact Claims under Fair Housing Act
In a brief filed today, Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with 11 other state attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to recognize disparate impact claims under the federal Fair Housing Act.
7/10/2013 Attorney General Jepsen: District Court Finds Apple Violated Law in eBook Price-fixing Scheme
A federal judge has ruled that Apple Inc. violated federal and state law in conspiring to fix prices in the market for electronic books, or eBooks, a decision that Attorney General George Jepsen today welcomed.
1/3/2013 Electronic Process for Filing Unfair Trade Practices Act Complaints will Speed Process, Save on Costs