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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2/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Trump Executive Order Threatening to Defund Schools Who Do Not Discriminate Against Transgender Athletes
Attorney General Tong issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s executive order threatening to defund schools to who do not discriminate against transgender athletes.
6/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Calls on Insurance Department to Scrutinize Unaffordable Rate Hike Demands
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding insurance rate hike requests announced today by the Connecticut Insurance Department from seven health insurers for plans available on the individual and small group market, both on and off the state-sponsored exchange.
2/6/2025 Attorney General Tong Releases Statement on DOGE Access to Sensitive Personal Information
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 12 attorneys general in releasing the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of the Treasury granting Elon Musk and his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) staffers access to sensitive payment systems containing Americans’ personally identifiable information.
5/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Wins Lawsuit Blocking Trump Administration from Imposing Worldwide Tariffs
Attorney General Tong today released the following statement after the United States Court of International Trade ruled that the Trump administration’s tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) are invalid and cannot be implemented.
2/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Stands with Transgender Military Members in Challenge to President Trump’s Discriminatory Executive Order
ttorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing a “friend of the court,” or amicus brief, to support a lawsuit aiming to block the implementation of President Trump’s executive order banning transgender people from serving in the military. The brief argues that the executive order is unconstitutional, harms national security, and discriminates against transgender people honorably serving in our nation’s military, including the National Guard in every state.
2/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Calls on Court to Protect Gender Affirming Care
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland supporting Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality, and individual patients and their families, in their lawsuit against the Trump Administration.
1/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues President Trump to Block Unconstitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship
Minutes ago, Attorney General William Tong and the attorneys general of 17 other states, the District of Columbia and the City of San Francisco sued President Donald Trump in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, challenging the lawless executive order ending birthright citizenship, eviscerating clear constitutional rights to which all children born in the U.S. are entitled.
2/7/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues President Trump and Secretary of Treasury to Block DOGE Access to Confidential Records, Sensitive Data and Critical Payment Systems
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general suing President Donald Trump, the U.S. Treasury and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to stop the unauthorized disclosure of Americans’ private information and sensitive data. The lawsuit asserts that the Trump Administration illegally provided Elon Musk and the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)” unauthorized access to the Treasury Department’s central payment system, and therefore to Americans’ most sensitive personal information, including bank account details and Social Security numbers.
2/8/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Temporary Restraining Order Blocking DOGE Access to Confidential Records, Sensitive Data and Critical Payment Systems
Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding the temporary restraining order granted early this morning blocking “political appointees, special government employees, and any government employee detailed from an agency outside the Treasury Department access to Treasury Department payment systems or any other data maintained by the Treasury Department containing personally identifiable information.”
6/2/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Passing of Attorney General Carl R. Ajello
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement on the passing of Attorney General Carl R. Ajello, who served from 1975 to 1983.
5/29/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Appeals Court Stay of Decision That Blocked Trump Tariffs
ttorney General William Tong today released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit temporarily stayed the decision issued Wednesday by the United States Court of International Trade ruling that the Trump administration’s tariffs issued under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were invalid and could not be implemented.
2/7/2025 Trump Administration Not Complying With Court Order to Unfreeze Federal Funding, Attorney General Tong Seeks to Enforce Temporary Restraining Order
Citing evidence that the Trump Administration is continuing to block state funding out of compliance with the court order secured by Attorney General William Tong and 22 other state attorneys general, the coalition of states this afternoon filed a motion to enforce and a motion for preliminary injunction in NY v. Trump.
8/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan Effort Urging U.S. Department of Justice to Help Address Illegal Offshore Gaming
Attorney General William Tong today led a bipartisan multistate coalition of 50 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to assist in curbing the spread of illegal offshore gaming across the country. The coalition stressed the need for action to combat harm to the rule of law, consumers, and the economy from an unprecedented growth in illicit online gambling.
3/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges Comcast and YES to Reach Agreement Before Opening Day
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement urging Comcast and the Yankee Entertainment and Sports Network (YES) to reach an agreement and prevent a shutoff before MLB Opening Day on Thursday.
2/5/2025 Attorney General Tong and 14 Other Attorneys General Issue Joint Statement on Protecting Access to Gender-Affirming Care
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 14 other attorneys general to reaffirm their commitment to protecting access to gender-affirming care in the face of the Trump Administration’s recent Executive Order.