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.

2020 Press Releases

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3/27/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition Urging Trump Administration to Ease Restrictions and Allow Medical Professionals to Research Solutions to COVID-19 Pandemic
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general led by California in sending a letter to President Trump and the Department of Health and Human Services calling on the Administration to end its research ban on fetal tissue to aid the nation’s medical response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
10/5/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Bipartisan Coalition in Urging Creative Community to Protect Young Viewers from Tobacco Imagery
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 43 attorneys general in urging the creative community to take action to protect young viewers from tobacco imagery in streamed movies and programs.
5/12/2020 Attorney General Tong Thanks Chinese Ambassador, Connecticut Chinese-Americans for Facilitating Largest Shipment Ever of Personal Protective Equipment to Connecticut
Attorney General William Tong today thanked Chinese Ambassador Huang Ping, the Consul General in New York, and Fairfield County based Chinese-Americans who worked jointly with the Attorney General and the Governor’s office to help facilitate today’s shipment of personal protective equipment to combat COVID-19.
10/21/2020 Attorney General Tong: Department of Justice Purdue Settlement Unacceptable
Attorney General William Tong released a statement today regarding the criminal settlement between the U.S. Department of Justice and Purdue Pharma.
5/5/2020 AG Tong Urges Telecom Industry to Expand Illegal Robocall Response
Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of 52 attorneys general in calling on USTelecom and its Industry Traceback Group (ITG) to expand its collaboration with state attorneys general by bolstering technological capabilities to improve enforcement against illegal robocallers.
10/5/2020 AG Tong Joins 18-State Coalition Opposing South Carolina’s Witness Requirement for Mail-In Ballots
Coalition Argues in Supreme Court That Requirement Risks Health of Voters During Pandemic and Does Not Prevent Widespread Voter Fraud
10/21/2020 AG Tong Joins 13 State Coalition Defending Minnesota's Extension Deadline For Mail In Ballots
Coalition Argues That Extended Deadline Protects Public Health and Vote-By-Mail Participation Amid Pandemic and Post Office Delays
4/20/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement in Support of the Governor's Executive Orders
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement in support of Governor Lamont’s executive orders.
11/25/2020 Attorney General Tong Adds Endangered Species Act Claim to Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration's Revisions to the National Environmental Policy Act
Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition in amending their complaint challenging the Trump Administration’s unlawful revised regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
10/6/2020 AG Tong Demands Drug Makers Abandon Unlawful Actions Imperiling Access to Affordable Prescriptions for Low-Income Patients
Attorney General William Tong today sent letters to Eli Lilly, Astra Zeneca, Merck, Sanofi, and Novartis demanding the drug makers immediately abandon unlawful actions imperiling access to affordable prescriptions for low-income patients.
7/17/2020 Attorney General Tong Seeks Dismissal of Absentee Ballot Challenge
Attorney General William Tong will personally argue before the Connecticut Supreme Court Monday seeking to dismiss a challenge to the state’s absentee ballot provisions protecting voters in the August primary during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic.
11/16/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement On Eversource Communications Failure
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding yet another failure in Eversource’s outage reporting communications system. The Office of the Attorney General will address the repeated failures of the automated outage reporting system as part of the open Tropical Storm Isaias docket before the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.
6/30/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Equal Rights Amendment
Today, Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 17 states and the District of Columbia in filing an amicus brief arguing that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) must be accepted as the 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
6/30/2020 Attorney General Tong Defends States' Rights to Set Public Safety Priorities
Attorney General William Tong joined a group of 15 attorneys general defending a New Jersey directive that limits when and how local law enforcement can cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
3/18/2020 Attorney General Tong Commends Municipal Electric Utilities, Metropolitan District Commission and Regional Water Authority for Following Shut-off Moratorium
After urging member utilities in the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative and the Regional Water Authority to voluntarily comply with the shut-off moratorium ordered last week by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, Attorney General William Tong thanked the municipal and regional utilities for taking swift action to help consumers.