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.

2021 Press Releases

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1/6/2021 AG Tong Statement On Violent Insurrection
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement on the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol today.
4/1/2021 Attorney General Tong Calls on U.S. Secretary of Education to Further Address Student Loan Crisis
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general, led by Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, in issuing a letter to the U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona urging additional reforms to ease the process of paying student loans and to protect student loan borrowers from paying back debt to for-profit and defunct colleges.
6/8/2021 Coalition Joined by AG Tong Secures Federal Court Order and Settlement Requiring Asbestos Reporting To Protect Public Health
Biden’s EPA Settles with States, Ending Trump’s Challenge to Court Decision Requiring Necessary Reporting by the Chemical Industry
9/22/2021 Attorney General Tong Provides Update on Fight Against Robocalls
Attorney General William Tong, who has made fighting robocalls a top priority, today released an update on telecom companies’ progress in implementing the Anti-Robocall Principles he signed onto in 2019.
6/14/2021 AG Tong Urges NHTSA To Repeal Trump-Era Attack On California Authority To Set Clean Car Standards
— Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 states and 4 cities in urging the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) to repeal a Trump-era rule, known as the “Preemption Rule,” that purported to preempt California’s greenhouse gas and zero-emission-vehicles (ZEV) standards.
11/18/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Nationwide Investigation Into Instagram's Impact on Young People
Attorney General William Tong today announced a nationwide investigation into Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly known as Facebook, for providing and promoting its social media platform – Instagram – to children and young adults despite knowing that such use is associated with physical and mental health harms.
3/18/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Federal Passage of the Keeping All Students Safe Act
Legislation Would Ban Seclusion and Life-Threatening Restraint Practices in Elementary and Secondary Schools
8/23/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges U.S. Attorney General Garland to Include Ghost Guns in Firearm Regulations
Attorney General William Tong has joined a multi-state coalition in submitting a comment to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) that encourages the ATF to finalize regulations that would make clear that ghost guns are firearms under federal law.
5/4/2021 AG Tong and AG Racine Host Landmark National Convening on Combating Anti-AAPI Hate
Today, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) President and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine co-hosted a landmark national convening with the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) on countering anti-AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) hate.
5/10/2021 Attorney General Tong, DCP Commissioner Seagull Warn Connecticut Consumers to be Wary of Companies Selling Over the Counter Hearing Aids
Attorney General William Tong is asking Connecticut consumers to be wary of companies selling potentially faulty and unregulated over-counter-hearing aids.
5/6/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Congress to Pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul urging Congress to pass the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021. The legislation is aimed at combatting the high Black maternal mortality rate and increasing access to maternal and perinatal care.
12/31/2019 AG Tong Joins Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Rule Undermining Energy Efficiency Standards for Dishwashers
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general and the City of New York in filing a lawsuit challenging the Department of Energy’s (DOE) final rule undermining current energy efficiency standards for residential dishwashers.
5/10/2021 Attorney General Tong and Civil Rights Counsel Publish Law Review Article Urging State-Level Election Reforms
Attorney General William Tong and Special Counsel for Civil Rights and Deputy Solicitor General Joshua Perry authored an essay in the Connecticut Law Review urging state-level election reforms to protect voting rights in the wake of the 2020 elections.
6/7/2021 Attorney General Tong Praises Final Passage of Data Breach Notification Bill
Attorney General William Tong praised final passage of An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches, a measure sought by the Office of the Attorney General to update and strengthen Connecticut’s breach notification statute.
5/20/2021 Attorney General Tong and Senator Blumenthal to Attend White House Bill Signing for COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act
At 2 p.m. on Thursday, May 20, Attorney General William Tong and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) will attend a White House ceremony to witness President Joe Biden sign the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act into law.