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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11/26/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Complete Victory Over ExxonMobil Motion to Strike
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after Connecticut Superior Court Judge John B. Farley issued a decision fully denying ExxonMobil’s motion to strike Connecticut’s case against the company for decades of deceit regarding climate change.
12/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Shares Information for Consumers Regarding Restitution from $700 Million Google Play Store Settlement
Attorney General William Tong today issued a consumer alert notifying consumers of new information and instructions to receive funds from a $700 million settlement with Google secured by Attorney General Tong and a coalition of 53 attorneys general.
11/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks to Halt Tariffs in Landmark Case at U.S. Supreme Court
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in a landmark case challenging the federal government’s use of emergency powers to impose sweeping tariffs.
11/9/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Temporary Restraining Order to Block Trump from Demanding State "Undo" SNAP Benefits
Attorney General William Tong tonight sought a temporary restraining order to block the Trump Administration from demanding that states “undo” Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits already paid out to millions of Americans.
9/11/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Documents from WNBA Regarding Potential Sale of Connecticut Sun
Attorney General William Tong today sent a letter to WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert seeking a series of documents related to League’s role in the potential sale of the Connecticut Sun to a buyer who would move the team out of Connecticut and away from its dedicated fanbase.
10/28/2025 Attorney General Tong Secures Two Court Orders to Protect Connecticut Education Funding
Attorney General William Tong this week secured two court orders in two separate lawsuits blocking the Trump Administration from unlawful cuts harming Connecticut students.
12/18/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Trump Proposed Rules to End Medicaid and Medicare Funding for Hospitals Over Gender Affirming Care
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the proposed rules announced by the Trump Administration today that would prohibit Medicaid funding for gender affirming care for youth and strip hospitals of all Medicaid and Medicare funding if they continue to offer such care.
8/29/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Appeals Court Win Declaring Trump Tariffs Illegal
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit sided with Connecticut and 11 other attorneys general suing to block Trump’s unlawful tariffs.
12/2/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding Eversource Appeal of PURA Denial of Aquarion Sale
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the appeal by Eversource of the decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to deny the sale of Aquarion Company to a new nonprofit that would have doubled household bills and gut public oversight of water utility rates and consumer protections.
9/10/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement Regarding PURA Draft Decision Reducing United Illuminating $105 Million Rate Hike
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding the draft decision today by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority reducing a $105 million rate hike demand from United Illuminating.
9/25/2025 Attorney General Tong Wins Court Order Protecting Billions in Federal Emergency Services Funding
Attorney General William Tong today announced Connecticut has won a court order prohibiting the Trump administration from illegally coercing states into performing federal immigration enforcement functions by threatening to withhold billions in funding for emergency preparedness and preventing and addressing terrorist attacks, mass shootings, wildfires, floods, cybersecurity threats and more.
8/15/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges Scrutiny of Unaffordable Insurance Rates
Attorney General William Tong today submitted comments to the Connecticut Insurance Department seeking scrutiny of unaffordable rate hike requests from seven health insurers for plans available on the individual and small group market, both on and off the state-sponsored exchange.
8/22/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges PURA to Reject Creation of New Aquarion Water Authority that Could Double Consumer Bills
Attorney General William Tong today urged the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to reject the sale of Aquarion Company to a new nonprofit that could double household bills and gut public oversight of water utility rates and consumer protections.
11/10/2025 Attorney General Tong to Ruger Over RXM Pistol Safety Risks: "I Will Not Hesitate to Enforce the Law"
In a letter today to Southport-based gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger & Co., Attorney General William Tong raised grave public safety concerns regarding the company’s semi-automatic pistols that can be easily converted using machine gun conversion (MCD) devices into illegal fully automatic weapons as fast or faster than those deployed by the military.
12/15/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Uber Over Unfair and Deceptive Practices
Attorney General William Tong announced today that Connecticut and 21 other state and county law enforcement agencies have joined a lawsuit previously filed by the Federal Trade Commission against Uber Technologies, LLC and Uber USA, LLC, the operators of the popular rideshare and delivery company.