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• Attorney General Asks State Regulators To Investigate CL&P’S Storm Response

  Attorney General George Jepsen today asked utility regulators to investigate the adequacy of Connecticut Light & Power Company's preparedness and response to Winter Storm Alfred on Oct. 29, which left more than 831,000 CL&P customers without power.

• Attorney General “Disappointed” By Failure Of State Regulators To Review NU Merger

• Attorney General George Jepsen Advises Residents To Secure Wireless Internet Networks

• Attorney General George Jepsen Named Co-Chairman Of Antitrust Working Group

• Attorney General Issues Consumer Advisory: Closing Sales Underway At Six Borders Stores In State

• DEEP Announces $360,000 in Funding to Seven Municipalities for Purchase of New Diesel Vehicles

• Attorney General Warns Former Bernie’s, Family Discount, Clark Oil Customers Of Deceptive Solitication

• Attorney General Warns Law Firms, Banks and Real Estate Companies To Stop Illegal Evictions

• State Officials Warn Connecticut Residents of IRS Phone Scam

  The Department of Consumer Protection and Office of the Attorney General continue to receive complaints and inquiries from consumers worried about telephone calls in which the caller claims to be an official from the IRS and attempts to solicit tax payments.

• State Officials Encourage Public to Attend Mortgage Assistance Event

  Connecticut’s homeowners who are experiencing trouble paying their mortgage have another opportunity to explore loan modification and foreclosure prevention options with their lenders at a day-long, state-sponsored forum on Friday, May 30, 2014, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Trumbull Marriott in Trumbull, CT. Free parking will be available for attendees.

• Attorney General Asks Providers To Waive Charges For Period Of No Service

  Attorney General George Jepsen is asking all providers of telecommunications, cable and satellite television and Internet services in Connecticut to waive charges for the period its Connecticut customers were without service following the Oct. 29 storm.

• Attorney General Urges Utility Regulators to Ensure Proposed NU-NSTAR Merger Benefits Connecticut Customers

  Attorney General George Jepsen asked state utility regulators Tuesday to require Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NSTAR to demonstrate how their proposed merger is in the public interest.

• 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.

• Attorney General Will Fight Yankee Gas Proposal To Increase Rates By More Than $45 Million or 12 Percent

• Attorney General Wins $11,000 For Illegal Excavation Of Contaminated Soil In Stratford