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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4/9/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks to Protect Consumers from High Overdraft Fees
Attorney General William Tong and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives and the House Financial Services Committee urging the House to vote against a resolution that would overturn the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) 2024 rule limiting overdraft fees imposed by the country’s largest banks.
5/7/2025 Attorney General Tong Seeks Court Order to Stop the Trump Administration's Illegal Tariffs
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing a motion for a preliminary injunction to halt implementation of President Trump’s illegal tariffs.
7/21/2025 Attorney General Tong Files Lawsuit to Block Federal Restrictions on Public Benefits
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 20 other attorneys general in suing the federal administration to stop its unlawful attempt to restrict access to critical health, education, and social service programs.
4/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Supports Challenge to Trump Administration’s Unconstitutional Ideological Deportation Policy
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in American Association of University Professors, et al., v. Marco Rubio, et al. in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, supporting a challenge to the Trump Administration’s “Ideological Deportation Policy,” which targets and punishes noncitizens with lawful status, especially college students and faculty, who express political beliefs with which the Administration disagrees.
6/17/2025 Attorney General Tong Issues Guidance Affirming the Legality and Necessity of Environmental Justice Initiatives
Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of attorneys general issuing multistate guidance affirming the necessity and legality of environmental justice initiatives.
1/31/2025 Joint Statement from Twelve State Attorneys General: President Trump is Misleading the American People on Purpose of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Initiatives
torney General William Tong, with the attorneys general of California, Delaware, Illinois, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Vermont, and Washington, today issued a joint statement addressing President Trump’s recent executive orders purporting to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) policies and programs – collectively referred to below as “DEIA”
4/4/2025 Attorney General Tong Sues Trump Administration Over Unlawful Executive Order Seeking to Impose Sweeping Voting Restrictions
Attorney General William Tong last night joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, the federal Election Assistance Commission, and other Trump Administration officials over Executive Order No. 14248 (the Elections Executive Order), an unconstitutional, antidemocratic, and un-American attempt to impose sweeping voting restrictions across the country.
6/11/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Approval of Frontier-Verizon Merger
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement regarding approval by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority of the proposed merger of Frontier and Verizon.
5/15/2025 Attorney General Tong Praises Senate Passage of Consumer Protection Legislation
Attorney General William Tong today praised passage in the state Senate of proposed legislation which seeks to strengthen a number of important protections for consumers.
1/23/2025 Joint Statement from Twelve State Attorneys General: State and Local Law Enforcement Cannot be Commandeered for Federal Immigration Enforcement
Attorney General William Tong, along with the attorneys general of California, New York, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Rhode Island, and Vermont, today issued a joint statement addressing a memorandum from a Trump political appointee at the U.S. Department of Justice addressing state and local involvement in federal immigration enforcement.
1/23/2025 Attorney General Tong Statement on Temporary Restraining Order Blocking President Trump’s Unconstitutional Attack on Birthright Citizenship
Attorney General William Tong released the following statement after a federal judge in Washington issued a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald Trump’s unconstitutional attack on birthright citizenship.
1/14/2025 Attorney General Tong Announces $1.5 Million Settlement with Carvana Following Hundreds of Consumer Complaints
Attorney General William Tong today announced a $1.5 million settlement with online used car dealer Carvana following hundreds of consumer complaints involving extended delays in title and registration documents, delayed payments to sellers, and deceptive representations of car conditions and features, among other complaints.
6/4/2025 Attorney General Tong Urges Court to Protect Key Provision of Voting Rights Act
Attorney General William Tong today joined 18 other attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, supporting the right of the American people to cast their ballots free from racial discrimination.
6/5/2025 Attorney General Tong Wins Court Order Blocking Trump Administration's Dismantling of AmeriCorps
Attorney General William Tong today won a court order that blocks the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism.
5/22/2025 Attorney General Tong Leads Bipartisan Coalition of Attorneys General Urging Congress to Preserve Access to Health Care for 9/11 Responders and Survivors
Attorney General William Tong this week led a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general urging Congress to take immediate action to address the impending funding crisis threatening the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP), a lifeline for more than 135,000 first responders, survivors, and families impacted by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.