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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5/26/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins 38 AGs Urging Congress to Fund Expanded Access to Broadband
Attorney General William Tong has joined 38 attorneys general in urging Congress to help ensure that all Americans have the home internet connectivity necessary to participate in telemedicine, teleschooling, and telework as part of any additional legislation that provides relief and recovery resources related to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
11/2/2020 AG Tong Leads Coalition Opposing Trump Order Appearing to Ban Implicit Bias Training
Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of attorneys general urging President Donald Trump to rescind his Executive Order on “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” that could be misconstrued to prohibit implicit bias trainings for federal contractors and federal grantees.
10/20/2020 AG Tong Joins 17 State Coalition Opposing Alabama's Attempt To Ban Curbside Voting
Coalition Argues in Supreme Court That Curbside Voting is a Reasonable Option for Safe and Secure Voting Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
5/19/2020 Attorney General Tong Announces Settlement with Santander
Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 34 attorneys general led announcing a settlement today with Santander Consumer USA Inc. (Santander) that includes approximately $550 million in relief for consumers with even more relief in additional deficiency waivers expected. The settlement resolves allegations that Santander violated consumer protection laws by exposing subprime consumers to unnecessarily high levels of risk and knowingly placing these consumers into auto loans with a high probability of default.
6/26/2020 Attorney General Tong Statement on Appeals Court Decision Blocking Unlawful Trump Border Wall
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the 2-1 decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals finding that the Trump Administration unlawfully diverted $2.5 billion in military funding for construction of the border wall.
10/20/2020 Attorney General Tong Opposes “Zero Benefit” Trump Administration Plan to Lock In Dangerous Levels of Airplane Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general filing comments opposing an unlawful Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plan that would lock in dangerously high levels of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from airplanes.
1/15/2020 Attorney General Tong Opposes Trump Administration Rule that Would End the Right of Student Workers to Bargain Collectively
Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 12 other attorneys general from across the country calling on the Trump Administration to withdraw a proposed rule that would deny student teaching and research assistants at private colleges the right to organize and bargain collectively.
5/22/2020 Court Blocks Fraudulent Business from Operating in Connecticut Following Action by Attorney General Tong
A Connecticut Superior Court judge has barred Sports Media Advertising, a Texas-based company, from doing business in Connecticut until the court finds that it has complied with a civil investigative demand issued in connection with an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General.
1/24/2020 Attorney General Tong Files Amicus Briefs Opposing Massive Expansion of Expedited Removal Process, Fights to Protect Residents from Erroneous Deportation
Attorney General William Tong joined two amicus briefs filed this week in the U.S. Supreme Court and D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in opposition to Trump Administration efforts to vastly expand use of expedited removal proceedings. Expedited removal is a fast-tracked deportation process that denies access to legal representation, witnesses, or any meaningful opportunity to present evidence or a defense.
5/18/2020 Attorney General Tong Files Brief Defending Due Process Rights of Immigrant Detainees
Attorney General William Tong led a coalition of 18 attorneys general filing a friend of the court brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending due process rights of immigrant detainees who have been unlawfully denied bond.
7/7/2020 Attorney General William Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Robocalls
Attorney General William Tong today released a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Barr v. AAPC, which upheld the federal robocall ban. Earlier this year, Attorney General Tong joined a coalition of 33 states in filing an amicus brief in support of the ban.
9/19/2020 AG Tong Statement on Passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Attorney General William Tong issued a statement last night on social media on following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
10/23/2020 Attorney General Tong Fights Trump Administration Push to Enable Health Care Discrimination
Coalition Files Amicus Brief Against HHS Final Rule Allowing Health Care Providers to Refuse to Provide Health Care on Basis of “Religious or Moral Objections”
5/21/2020 Attorney General Tong Urges Congress to Pass Safeguarding America's First Responders Act
Attorney General William Tong today joined a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general urging Congress to pass S.3607, the Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act. The Act would permit the families of first responders who die or are permanently and totally disabled as a result of COVID-19 to receive the same federal benefits extended to first responders, or their survivors, otherwise killed or injured in the line of duty. Current federal law would only allow survivors access to certain benefits if evidence is provided proving the deceased or permanently disabled first responder contracted COVID-19 while on duty.
3/31/2020 Attorney General Tong Joins Call for Federal Government to Prioritize COVID-Related Rulemaking and Freeze Non-Urgent Rules
Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in calling on the Trump Administration to suspend non-COVID-19 related rulemaking to allow all parties to focus their full attention on the public health crisis.