2021 Press Releases

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• 4/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Responds to PURA Draft Decision Rejecting Rate Stability for United Illuminating Customers

  Attorney General William Tong responded today to a draft decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority rejecting an agreement with United Illuminating that would have provided a $46.5 million COVID relief bill credit to decrease and stabilize electric rates into 2023. PURA’s alternative draft adds $2.4 million in new costs to ratepayers, while also rejecting a $5 million voluntary contribution from UI. PURA’s move also enables UI to immediately apply for an increase in rates.

• 2/25/2021 Attorney General Tong Releases Response to Legislators' Request, Formal Opinion

• 2/5/2021 Healthcare Company And Lab Pay $845k To Resolve Federal And State False Claims Act Allegation

  Attorney General William Tong and John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Cordant Health Solutions entered into a civil settlement with the federal and state governments and have paid $845,108 to resolve allegations that they violated the federal and state False Claims Acts.

• 12/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Amicus Brief in Support of Dreamers

  Pushes Back on Texas Lawsuit Attacking DACA

• 2/5/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Penalties and Credits for Eversource's "Imprudent" Isaias Response

  Eversource’s failure to communicate and protect public safety in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias was “imprudent” and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority should mandate consumer credits and make all findings necessary to levy penalties in an upcoming proceeding, Attorney General William Tong argued today in a brief before PURA.

• 2/17/2021 Attorney General Tong Congratulates Kimberly Massicotte, Carletha Texidor, and Jessica Torres Shlatz and Judicial Nominations

  Attorney General William Tong congratulated Assistant Attorneys General Kimberly Massicotte, Carletha Texidor, and Jessica Torres Shlatz on their nominations today to the Connecticut Superior Court bench.

• 9/1/2021 Attorney General Tong Responds to Purdue Bankruptcy

  Attorney General William Tong issued the following statement regarding Judge Robert Drain’s decision today that he will approve a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma that grants a lifetime legal shield to the Sackler family.

• 10/4/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks TikTok Leadership Meeting to Discuss Harm to Mental and Physical Safety of Connecticut Students and Educators

  Attorney General William Tong today requested that leadership of TikTok come to Connecticut to meet with educators and parents to hear about and discuss the harmful impact the viral app is having on mental and physical safety of young people and educators.

• 6/2/2021 Attorney General Tong Praises Signing of Crisis Pregnancy Center Bill

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement praising enactment of “An Act Concerning Deceptive Advertising Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Centers.”

• 7/12/2021 Attorney General Tong Responds to PURA Draft Decision Rejecting CT Water’s Requested $20 Million Rate Hike

  Attorney General William Tong responded today to a draft decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority rejecting Connecticut Water’s $20 million rate hike request.

• 4/5/2021 Attorney General Tong joins 24 states and the District of Columbia in urging US Department of Education to forgive loans of certain ITT Tech students

  Attorney General William Tong today urged the U.S. Department of Education to cancel federal student loan debt of those who attended ITT Technical Institute.

• 1/27/2021 Attorney General Tong Seeks Legislation to Strengthen Price Gouging Enforcement

• 6/28/2021 AG Tong Leads Coalition Urging Federal Energy Regulators to Curb Needless Incentives for Transmission Developers

  Attorney General William Tong this week led a coalition of attorneys general, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Office of Consumer Counsel, and state ratepayer advocates reiterating a call to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reject unnecessary and unjust incentive payments to transmission developers.

• 4/28/2021 Attorney General Tong: Eversource Must Regain Our Trust

  Attorney General William Tong issued a statement today in support of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority decision finding Eversource failed to meet its obligations to ratepayers in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias. The decision finds Eversource was imprudent in its response, opening the door to consumer credits, fines and penalties at a subsequent proceeding.

• 9/21/2021 Attorney General Tong Calls on NHTSA to Restore Penalties for Automakers That Failed to Comply With Fuel Economy Standards

  Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 13 attorneys general in urging the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) to restore penalties for automakers that failed to meet corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards for model year 2019-2021 vehicles.