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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11/9/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Caution Following Robinhood Data Breach
Attorney General William Tong urged Robinhood users to exercise additional caution following a data breach that exposed millions of customer names and email addresses.
1/22/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges FDA to Ban Menthol Cigarettes
AGs Argue Menthol Cigarette Use Disproportionately Impacts Youth, Minority Populations
10/26/2021 Attorney General Tong Warns Against Unregulated and Illegal Cannabis Products Sold in Look-Alike Packaging
Attorney General William Tong is warning the public about the dangers of cannabis edibles and hemp derivatives in packaging designed to look like well-known snack foods and candy.
11/9/2021 Attorney General Tong Leads Coalition Supporting Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act
Attorney General William Tong today co-led a letter to Congress signed by 43 attorneys general in support of the Bankruptcy Venue Reform Act of 2021.
9/27/2021 AG Tong Urges Department of Education to Fix Broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to take robust action to fix the broken Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
6/28/2021 Attorney General Tong Secures $14 Million Healthcare Fraud Judgment
Attorney General William Tong secured a $14,982,081 court judgment against Ramil Mansourov over allegations that the former Norwalk primary care physician illegally billed the Connecticut Medical Assistance Program for millions of dollars in services he never provided.
6/30/2021 AG Tong Statement on Supreme Court Ruling to Leave CDC Eviction Moratorium in Place
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to leave the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium in place until the end of July.
10/5/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges FDA to Expedite Philips CPAP Replacement
Attorney General William Tong today urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to step up their oversight of the Philips Respironics recall to ensure that millions of impacted patients can resume safe use of their CPAP, biPAP and ventilator devices as soon as possible.
1/28/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Update to Price Gouging and Data Breach Notification Statutes
Attorney General William Tong testified today before the General Law Committee in support of two pieces of legislation sought by the Office of the Attorney General to strengthen the state’s price gouging and data breach notification statutes.
8/17/2021 Attorney General Tong Defends Right of Transgender Americans to Have IDs That Match Their Gender Identity
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 15 attorneys general, led by California, in an amicus brief in Corbitt v. Taylor in defense of the right of transgender Alabamians to obtain driver’s licenses that correspond with their gender identity.
8/13/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces $678,901 Overbilling Settlement With L.A. Vision
Attorney General William Tong today announced a $678,901 joint state and federal settlement with L.A. Vision and optician Lisa Azinheira resolving allegations that the Hartford-based vision care service provider overbilled the state Medicaid program for vision care services and eyeglasses.
2/8/2021 AG Tong Urges FCC to Protect Consumer Access to Affordable Communications Services
Attorney General William Tong has joined a coalition of 17 attorneys general, led by Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect access to Lifeline for low-income consumers.
5/11/2021 AG Tong Urges EPA to Require Public Water Systems to Monitor for Additional PFAS
Attorney General William Tong joined 19 state attorneys general today filing comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) supporting the agency’s proposal to strengthen monitoring of public water systems for additional PFAS chemicals.
9/24/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Backing Commonsense Approach to Concealed Carry Laws
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending New York’s law regulating when individuals may obtain a license to carry firearms in public.
12/28/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Supporting Suspension of Rule Authorizing Unsafe Liquefied Natural Gas Trains
Attorney General William Tong filed comments today in support of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) proposal to suspend regulations that allowed liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be shipped in bulk in unproven rail tank cars with only limited safety measures in place.