United States v. Township of Morris

The United States filed lawsuit against the Township of Morris, New Jersey, asserting that the Township’s 2022 ordinance banning natural gas, propane gas, and fuel oil infrastructure and appliances in certain new apartment complex or apartment-style housing was preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The U.S. asked the federal district court for the District of New Jersey to declare that the law is preempted and therefore void and unenforceable and to enjoin defendants from enforcing or attempting to enforce the ordinance.