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.

2024 Press Releases

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6/21/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Upholding Federal Domestic Violence Gun Law
Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Rahimi upholding the federal law prohibiting individuals with domestic violence restraining orders from possessing guns.
6/26/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Preserving the Government's Ability to Address Spread of Dangerous Content, Disinformation on Social Media Platforms
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision today in Murthy v. Missouri preserving the government’s ability to collaborate with social media companies to address the spread of disinformation and dangerous content on their platforms.
6/27/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Overturning Purdue Bankruptcy Order
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy order.
6/27/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Decision Impacting Connecticut Air Quality and Public Health
Attorney General William Tong today issued a statement following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Ohio v. EPA, temporarily staying the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent rule implementing the “Good Neighbor Provision” of the Clean Air Act to limit cross-state ozone pollution into states like Connecticut.
9/30/2024 United Illuminating Seeks Yet Another Rate Hike-- Attorney General Tong Slams Tone-Deaf $105 Million Revenue Grab
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after United Illuminating signaled today it will seek yet another rate hike.
11/4/2024 Attorneys General Issue Bipartisan Statement Condemning Violence in Response to Election Results
In a bipartisan effort to safeguard democratic principles and the rule of law, Attorney General William Tong, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach co-led a coalition of 47 other state attorneys general today calling for peace nationwide in response to the Nov. 5 presidential election.
5/22/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Petition from 19 Republican Attorneys General Seeking to Block Connecticut ExxonMobil Suit
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement denouncing a petition filed by 19 Republican state attorneys general with the U.S. Supreme Court attempting to block cases filed by Connecticut and four other states seeking to hold ExxonMobil accountable for decades of deception on climate change.
9/24/2024 Attorney General Tong Releases Formal Opinion Regarding 2024 Budgeting Process
Attorney General William Tong today released Formal Opinion 2024-002 addressing the legislature’s 2024 budgeting process.
9/18/2024 Attorney General Tong Supports Bridgeport/Stratford Efforts to Provide Relief for Success Village Residents
10/7/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement as U.S. Supreme Court Declines Challenge Regarding Texas Emergency Abortion Care
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court today permitted a lower court ruling to remain in place preventing the Biden administration from enforcing the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) against Texas hospitals who decline to provide essential, stabilizing medical care to a patient when the medically necessary care is an abortion.
9/17/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Instagram Teen Accounts
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding Meta’s new Instagram Teen Accounts. Meta announced today they will be rolling out new accounts for teens ages 13-17.
10/3/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Yankee Gas $209 Million Rate Hike Request
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the announcement by Yankee Gas that it will soon file a request with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for a $209 million rate hike.
4/25/2024 Attorney General Tong Urges UnitedHealth Group to Help Patients and Providers Harmed by Cyberattack on Change Healthcare
Attorney General William Tong announced today that he has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients harmed by the recent catastrophic outage of Change Healthcare.
11/19/2024 Attorney General Tong Announces $2 Million Settlement with Pike Fuels Over New Haven Environmental Violations
Attorney General William Tong today announced a $2 million settlement with Pike Fuels (formerly Gulf Oil) following numerous violations of Connecticut environmental protection laws at its New Haven petroleum distribution facility.
7/30/2024 Attorney General Tong Statement on Connecticut Supreme Court Decision Partially Dismissing Challenge to Connecticut School Vaccine Requirements
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today regarding the Connecticut Supreme Court decision in Spillane v. Lamont partially dismissing a state court challenge to Connecticut’s school vaccine requirements.