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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3/30/2020 AG Tong DCP, Commissioner Seagull Warn Connecticut Residents of Potential Stimulus Check Scams
Attorney General William Tong and Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull today warned Connecticut residents to be on the lookout for potential scams involving future stimulus checks from the federal government.
12/7/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces $86.3 Million Settlement with Mortgage Service Nationstar
Attorney General William Tong joined with 50 other attorneys general and other federal and state agencies today announcing an $86.3 million settlement with Nationstar Mortgage. Nationstar is the country’s fourth-largest mortgage servicer.
8/12/2020 AG Tong Urges Eversource And UI To Reimburse Consumers For Cost Of Lost Food And Prescriptions
Attorney General William Tong today urged Eversource and United Illuminating to do the right thing and immediately reimburse consumers for lost food and prescriptions using shareholder, not ratepayer funds.
5/20/2020 AG Tong Seeks Deadline Extension for Families Filing Claims Against Purdue Pharma In Light of COVID-19 Pandemic
Attorney General William Tong has asked the court overseeing the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy to extend the deadline for filing claims against the company, so that people do not lose their rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.
3/31/2020 AG Tong Announces False Claims Settlement With Optician Your Eyes of New Britain
Attorney General William Tong today announced a $263,488 civil False Claims Act settlement with Your Eyes of New Britain regarding overbilling for eyeglass refitting. Your Eyes of New Britain provides vision care services including the design, manufacture, fitting, and dispensing of prescription eyeglasses
3/17/2020 Attorney General Tong Provides Update on Coronavirus Price Gouging Complaints
Attorney General William Tong today announced that the Office of the Attorney General has received 71 complaints regarding large price hikes on basic supplies like hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes and toilet paper since Gov. Ned Lamont declared civil preparedness and public health emergencies on March 10 in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
10/28/2020 Attorney General Tong Multistate Coalition Pushing for Scientific and Medical Research Funding During COVID-19 Pandemic
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) and its National Institutes of Health (NIH) urging them to reject recent recommendations made by the Trump Administration’s NIH Human Fetal Tissue Ethics Advisory Board (Board).
7/8/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on Little Sisters of the Poor Decision
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement on this morning’s Supreme Court decision in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania.
7/21/2020 Attorney General Tong Sues EPA to Protect Clean Water Act Oversight
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule unlawfully curtailing state authority under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
8/4/2020 AG Tong Joins 20-State Coalition Against Florida's Unlawful Pay-to-Vote System For Formerly Incarcerated Citizens
Attorneys General Argue Florida Law Restricts Voting Rights to Former Felons Who Have Paid Off All Legal Financial Obligations; Disparately Harms African Americans and Latinx Community
2/25/2020 Attorney General Tong Releases Testimony in Support of Update to Connecticut Data Breach Notification Statute
Attorney General William Tong today testified before the General Law Committee in support of Senate Bill 137, An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches. The bill, sought by the Office of the Attorney General, updates and strengthens Connecticut’s breach notification statute.
7/31/2020 AG Tong Demands Answers From Eversource Following Rate Hikes
Office of the Attorney General Serves Formal Interrogatories as Part of PURA Docket
1/14/2020 Attorney General Tong Leads Multistate Settlement with Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
Attorney General William Tong announced today a multistate agreement with PayPal Charitable Giving Fund, Inc. that will ensure donors receive adequate information and disclosures when making charitable contributions through the company’s online fundraising platform. The settlement concludes a multistate investigation launched in 2017 and co-led by Connecticut and Nebraska.
4/3/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges the VA to Suspend Deadlines and Collection Activities for Veterans During COVID-19 Pandemic
Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general led by California in submitting a letter urging the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to suspend benefits claims deadlines and debt collection activities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
7/6/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Demanding Trump EPA Do Its Job to Control Methane Pollution
Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of Chicago in a motion for summary judgment, arguing that the Trump Administration must stop ignoring its legal responsibility to control emissions of methane from existing oil and gas operations.