William Tong: “The bottom line is Connecticut families are paying way too much for their energy bills, and we’re going to keep fighting…”

Once again, Donald Trump is playing politics with disaster relief. He cannot hold billions of dollars in funding hostage to force states to carry out his political agenda.

I cannot support this merger. The Office of the Attorney General has intervened in this proceeding and is weighing all legal options to protect Connecticut’s access to affordable, clean, reliable energy.

The last thing we need is consolidated corporate control over the core of Connecticut’s energy supply. I cannot support this merger.

Note to Trump—stay out of Connecticut. How we run our schools and teach our kids is none of your business and you have no authority to force the sovereign State of Connecticut to deny our kids a future.