The Office of the Attorney General William Tong
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Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced today that Connecticut is taking another step forward toward achieving a cheaper, cleaner, and more reliable energy future for residents and businesses with the selection of two projects that will generate large amounts of electricity from clean energy sources – helping to achieve renewable energy goals at lower costs to ratepayers.
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Consumers Cautioned to Beware Travel and Timeshare Schemes
Selling or donating your timeshare, or hoping to land a great deal on a vacation getaway? You might be particularly vulnerable to certain scams, Department of Consumer Protection Commissioner William M. Rubenstein and Attorney General George Jepsen warned today.
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Connecticut, New Jersey Settle Clean Air Lawsuit With Owners of Coal-Burning Generating Plant
The owners of a Pennsylvania power plant have agreed to stop burning coal in two generating units and to provide $1 million towards environmental mitigation in Connecticut and New Jersey as part of a clean air settlement announced today by Attorney General George Jepsen and Energy and Environmental Protection Commissioner Daniel C. Esty.
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Connecticut Medicaid, ConnPACE Programs Part of $500 Million National Settlement with Ranbaxy
Connecticut has joined with other states and the federal government in a $500 million settlement with Ranbaxy, a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer based in India, Attorney General George Jepsen, Department of Social Services Commissioner Roderick L. Bremby and Chief State’s Attorney Kevin T. Kane announced today.
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Bridgeport Grocery Retailer Sued in Trafficking Scheme
The state is suing a Bridgeport store owner alleging he engaged in a wide-ranging scheme to obtain electronic benefit cards for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (“SNAP”), formerly known as the Food Stamp program, and used them to purchase inventory for his store in violation of federal and state law.
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In a brief filed today, Attorney General George Jepsen asked the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to disallow at least $90 million in storm-related costs that the Connecticut Light & Power Co. is seeking to recover from ratepayers. The Attorney General asserts that certain claimed costs are improper or unjustified and that PURA should impose a substantial penalty for the company’s broadly deficient and inadequate response to Tropical Storm Irene and the October 2011 Nor’easter.
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Attorney General Files Pension Revocation Action Against Former Redding Highway Superintendent
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AG Jepsen Joins Colleagues in Bipartisan Support of Proposed Federal “Patent Troll” Project
Attorney General George Jepsen has joined with 42 other state and territorial attorneys general in expressing support for a Federal Trade Commission proposed project to collect information about Patent Assertion Entities, also known as “patent trolls.”
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AG Jepsen Calls on Federal Regulators to Examine UnitedHealthcare Provider Termination
In a letter sent today, Attorney General George Jepsen has asked federal regulators to “aggressively scrutinize” UnitedHealthcare’s decision to terminate a large number of doctors from its Medicare Advantage Plan network in Connecticut.
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Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on United Healthcare’s Continued Physician Terminations
“This move is further evidence of United’s unwillingness to act reasonably and in the best interest of its beneficiaries. It will only add to the confusion that United has already caused for thousands of patients, their families and their caregivers.”
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Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on UI’s Intent to File for Electric Rate Increase
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Statement from Attorney General Jepsen on CMS Response to United Healthcare Terminations
“I am deeply disappointed by CMS’s response and its continuing refusal to take concrete action to protect thousands of patients affected by United Healthcare’s terminations of Connecticut physicians."