The flood of announcements from the major oil companies of yet another reminder that Connecticut consumers are being overwhelmed by massive increases in the costs of heating their homes and driving their cars. They need precisely the kind of relief that the legislation I introduced in December would provide a payment to each low-income and middle-class household and taxpayer, funded by a one-time windfall profits tax, to help them pay for the staggering increases in energy costs from last winter to this one.