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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3/30/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on President Biden's Actions to Respond to Anti-Asian Violence, Xenophobia and Bias
Attorney General William Tong released a statement supporting President Joe Biden’s announcement today outlining additional actions to respond to Anti-Asian Violence, Xenophobia and Bias.
3/4/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins FTC, Multistate Coalition Shutting Down Massive Charity Fraud Robocall Operation
Defendants placed more than 1.3 billion deceptive fundraising calls—most illegal robocalls— claiming to support veterans, children, firefighters
10/14/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Answers on Facebook XCheck Protections for "Disinformation Dozen"
Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general pushing Facebook to disclose whether members of the so-called “Disinformation Dozen” were granted “XCheck” protections to evade enforcement and spread COVID-19 falsehoods and anti-vaccine misinformation in violation of Facebook rules.
7/9/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition in Support of EPA Proposal to Restore California Waiver for Clean Car Standards
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, as well as the cities of Los Angeles, New York, Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose, in support of the EPA’s proposal to restore California’s waiver under the Clean Air Act for its greenhouse gas and zero emission vehicle (ZEV) programs.
3/10/2021 Attorney General Tong Helps Restore Injunction of Trump Administration's Public Charge Rule
Attorney General William Tong — as part of a coalition that included the attorneys general of New York, Connecticut, and Vermont, as well as the corporation counsel for New York City — today helped to restore an injunction against the continued implementation of the Public Charge Rule that had been issued by the Trump Administration.
3/29/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on Passage of S.B. 363 Out of the Judiciary Committee
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the passage of S.B. 363: An Act Concerning the Duties of the Office of the Attorney General out of the Judiciary Committee today.
7/16/2021 Sacklers Threaten Connecticut-- Attorney General Tong Says He Will Not Be Intimidated
Attorney General William Tong today reacted to sanctions threat launched by the Raymond Sackler family seeking to intimidate Connecticut into dropping its objections to the inadequate Purdue bankruptcy plan.
3/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Disappointed with Purdue Plan
Attorney General William Tong today expressed disappointment when reacting to the plan Purdue Pharma filed in bankruptcy court.
6/25/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces $1 Million Settlement With Connecticut Addiction Medicine Over Excessive Billing
Attorney General William Tong announced today a $1,002,481 settlement with Connecticut Addiction Medicine and its principals Jay Benson, M.D. and Mahboob Aslam, M.D. resolving allegations of excessive billing for urine drug tests.
7/19/2021 Attorney General Tong Objects to Purdue Bankruptcy Plan With Legal Shield For Sackler Family
Attorney General William Tong joined eight other attorneys general today filing formal objections to an inadequate and insufficient Purdue bankruptcy plan that would grant a lifetime legal shield to the Sackler family.
6/22/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting to Preserve Billions of Dollars for Schools and Essential Services
Attorney General Tong joined a coalition of 26 attorneys general fighting to preserve billions of dollars for schools and other essential services across the country.
4/26/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Congress to Void Trump-Era Rule Eliminating Key Limits on Dangerous Pollutants
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general and the cities of Denver and Chicago in urging Congress to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to invalidate a Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation that eliminates key limits on pollutants from oil and gas facilities that contribute to climate change and smog.
7/19/2021 Attorney General Tong Launches Elder Justice Hotline
Attorney General William Tong, Aging and Disabilities Commissioner Amy Porter, Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull and the Coalition for Elder Justice in Connecticut today launched the Elder Justice Hotline-- a “one stop shop” for older in adults in Connecticut in need of information, aid, and justice.
3/11/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces Multistate Settlement with American Medical Collection Agency Over 2019 Data Breach
Attorney General William Tong today announced that Connecticut, as part of a coalition of 41 attorneys general, has settled with Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency (“AMCA”) resolving a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach that exposed the personal information of over 7 million individuals, including 100,266 Connecticut residents and potentially exposed the personal information of up to 21 million individuals throughout the United States.
12/29/2021 The Year in Review: A Message from Attorney General Tong