2021 Press Releases

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• 7/14/2021 Attorney General Tong Praises PURA Final Decision on $29 Million Penalty Against Eversource for Isaias Failures

  Attorney General William Tong today praised a final decision by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority imposing a $29 million civil penalty against Eversource for its failure to meet its obligations to ratepayers in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Isaias.

• 6/16/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Fighting to Defend Women’s Health and Reproductive Freedom

  Coalition Submits Congressional Testimony in Support of Women’s Health Protection Act

• 7/19/2021 Attorney General Tong Pushes EPA for Stricter Regulations of Highly Potent Greenhouse Gas

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use its authority under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act to adopt stricter regulations to curb emissions from hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

• 1/28/2021 Court Unseals States' Latest Generic Drug Complaint, Including Excerpts from "Diary of Collusion" Meticulously Documenting Widespread Price-Fixing

  Attorney General William Tong today released the third full unredacted complaint filed by a coalition of 51 states and territories resulting from its more than six year antitrust investigation into price-fixing in the generic pharmaceutical industry.

• 7/20/2021 Attorney General Tong Statement on Opioids Negotiations

  Attorney General Tong today released a joint statement with Attorneys General Josh Stein (NC), Maura Healey (MA), Letitia James (NY), Kathy Jennings (DE), Jeff Landry (LA), Ashley Moody (FL), Herbert Slatery (TN), Josh Shapiro (PA), and Dave Yost (OH) about their ongoing negotiations with Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen – the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors – and Johnson & Johnson, which manufactured and marketed opioids.

• 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.

• 11/17/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges Swift Senate Action to Protect Against Toxic "Forever" Chemicals

  Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general from around the nation in urging the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee to strengthen public health and environmental protections against “forever chemicals.”

• 4/19/2021 Attorney General Tong Urges OfferUp to Stop Sales of Fake Vaccination Cards

  Attorney General William Tong today called on OfferUp, an online mobile marketplace, to act immediately to prevent fraudulent or blank COVID-19 vaccine cards from being sold on its platform.

• 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.

• 8/13/2021 Attorney General Tong Announces $678,901 Overbilling Settlement With L.A. Vision

  Attorney General William Tong today announced a $678,901 joint state and federal settlement with L.A. Vision and optician Lisa Azinheira resolving allegations that the Hartford-based vision care service provider overbilled the state Medicaid program for vision care services and eyeglasses.

• 12/28/2021 Attorney General Tong Joins Coalition Supporting Suspension of Rule Authorizing Unsafe Liquefied Natural Gas Trains

  Attorney General William Tong filed comments today in support of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s (PHMSA) proposal to suspend regulations that allowed liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be shipped in bulk in unproven rail tank cars with only limited safety measures in place.

• 4/30/2021 Attorney General Tong, DOB Commissioner Perez Alert Homeowners Regarding Unauthorized Bank Account Withdrawals by Mr. Cooper Mortgage Servicer

  Attorney General William Tong and Banking Commissioner Jorge Perez urge Connecticut homeowners whose mortgage loans are serviced by Mr. Cooper, formerly known as Nationstar Mortgage, to check their bank accounts for unauthorized withdrawals.

• 5/10/2021 Attorney General Tong and Civil Rights Counsel Publish Law Review Article Urging State-Level Election Reforms

  Attorney General William Tong and Special Counsel for Civil Rights and Deputy Solicitor General Joshua Perry authored an essay in the Connecticut Law Review urging state-level election reforms to protect voting rights in the wake of the 2020 elections.

• 7/19/2021 Attorney General Tong Launches Elder Justice Hotline

  Attorney General William Tong, Aging and Disabilities Commissioner Amy Porter, Consumer Protection Commissioner Michelle H. Seagull and the Coalition for Elder Justice in Connecticut today launched the Elder Justice Hotline-- a “one stop shop” for older in adults in Connecticut in need of information, aid, and justice.

• 4/6/2021 Connecticut Behavioral Health Provider Pays $273k to Settle Improper Billing Allegations

  Attorney General William Tong and Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Leonard C. Boyle today announced that Today’s Youth LLC and its owners, Maurice Stuckey and Joyce Anderson, have entered into a civil settlement agreement with the federal and state governments in which they will pay $273,000 to resolve allegations that they caused overpayments to be paid by the Connecticut Medicaid Program.