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.

2025 Press Releases

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10/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Condemns Trump Attacks on Nonprofits' Freedom of Speech
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 10 attorneys general in issuing a joint statement condemning President Trump’s baseless and unprecedented attacks on nonprofits’ freedom of speech.
9/30/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Court Order Declaring Federal Energy Program Cuts Illegal
Attorney General William Tong today secured a major victory to protect Connecticut energy programs, after the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon found that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) cap on state energy program funding is illegal.
9/26/2025 Connecticut Sues to Block Illegal Conditions on Programs that Support Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 16 states and the District Columbia today sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to stop the Trump Administration from arbitrarily pulling funding for longstanding teen reproductive and sexual health education programs from states unless they remove language regarding gender identity.
12/22/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads Nearly $150 Million Multistate Settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA and Mercedes-Benz AG Over Emissions Fraud
Attorney General William Tong today led a coalition of 50 attorneys general announcing a $149,673,750 settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA and Mercedes-Benz AG for violating state laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices by marketing, selling and leasing vehicles equipped with undisclosed emissions defeat devices that illegally circumvented Connecticut’s strong emissions standards.
10/1/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Zillow and Redfin for Anticompetitive Agreement That Could Make Rent Prices Even Higher
Attorney General William Tong today joined the attorneys general of Arizona, New York, Virginia and Washington in close collaboration with the Federal Trade Commission in suing Zillow and Redfin over a $100 million anticompetitive agreement between the two rental housing listing sites that hands Zillow unfair dominance in the market and the potential to push rental prices even higher for Connecticut families.
12/19/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Court Order to Block HUD Changes That Would Have Left Thousands Without Housing
ttorney General William Tong announced today that a federal judge has ordered the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to halt changes to its Continuum of Care grant program — the largest resource for federal homelessness assistance funding — after a coalition of states argued in court that the changes were illegal and would leave tens of thousands of people around the country without a place to live.
9/2/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Court Fixes to End Google Search Engine Monopoly and Restore Competition
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding today’s court ruling on the remedies in the Google search antitrust case to restore competition in the market and for the benefit of consumers.
11/24/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Dismissal of Sham Indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding dismissal by a federal judge of sham charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James.
11/18/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Following Bankruptcy Court Confirmation of $7.4 Billion Purdue Settlement
Attorney General William Tong announced today that the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York has confirmed the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan, approving a $7.4 billion settlement between 55 attorneys general, Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler Family.
8/22/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Second Circuit Rejection of Preliminary Injunctions in Challenges to Connecticut's Assault Weapon and Large Capacity Magazine Bans
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirming denial of preliminary injunctions sought by the National Association for Gun Rights, the Connecticut Citizens Defense League, the Second Amendment Foundation, and individuals in two separate challenges to Connecticut’s post-Sandy Hook assault weapons ban.
10/14/2025 Joint Statement of 22 Attorneys General Condemning Retaliatory Prosecution of New York State Attorney General Letitia James
Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaiʻi, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, to issue a joint statement condemning the Trump administration’s retaliatory prosecution of New York Attorney General Letitia James:
9/2/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces Reduced Pension for East Haven Educator Convicted of Stealing Tuition Payments
Attorney General William Tong announced today that a Hartford Superior Court judge has ordered a partial reduction in municipal pension payments for Catherine Finkle, who was convicted in federal court in 2021 of stealing over $38,000 in tuition payments she received as the director of the Town of East Haven’s before and after-school childcare program.
8/13/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Preliminary Relief Blocking Medicaid Data from Being Used for Immigration Enforcement Purposes
Attorney General William Tong today issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted a preliminary injunction finding Connecticut and a multistate coalition were likely to succeed on their claim that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) decision to provide unfettered access to individual personal health data to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which houses Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), violated the Administrative Procedure Act’s prohibition on arbitrary and capricious rulemaking.
9/22/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Preliminary Injunction Granted in Orsted Challenge to Baseless Revolution Wind Stop Work Order
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a preliminary injunction blocking the baseless stop work order that had halted construction of Revolution Wind, allowing work on the project to resume immediately.
12/3/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Preliminary Injunction Blocking Trump Administration from Defunding Planned Parenthood and Other Health Centers
Attorney General William Tong today announced a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts blocking the Trump Administration from enforcing the “Defund Provision” within the recently enacted federal budget bill (“Big Beautiful Bill”).