HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Attorney General William Tong has joined a new coalition in filing a lawsuit aimed at stopping the U.S. Department of Energy from implementing a funding cap that would limit financial support for key state-run energy programs.

Tong joined the attorneys general from 18 other states and the District of Columbia, according to a release from his office.

Together, the group is standing against the DOE policy that would stop states from using important federal funding by limiting reimbursement for important administrative and staffing costs that have traditionally been covered by these federal energy programs.

The coalition feels that capping funding on these programs will jeopardize states’ abilities to keep them functioning. The states ask that the court vaca

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