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Methane from municipal solid waste landfills—one of the largest sources of emissions—can be captured and converted into clean electricity, benefiting local taxpayers and supporting cleaner air​. Learn about how EPA can take action to significantly reduce these emission by finalizing the eRIN pathway.

Cities like Gresham, Oregon, have shown how capturing methane can lead to energy independence for municipalities, reduce costs, and provide low-cost energy for low-income families​. Learn more about how EPA could unlock that potential by finalizing its Electric Pathways framework proposal as part of the RFS.

Learn more about how EPA can support methane capture and conversion into a new source of energy and revenue, empowering smaller agricultural operations and fostering a more resilient farming community.

Mayors and municipal leaders from across three states signed a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan asking for the finalization of an eRIN pathway in the RFS, explaining how the eRINs program would help capture and reduce methane emissions in their communities.

A national poll conducted by Hart Research and commissioned by The Partnership for Electric Pathways (PEP) revealed that a majority of news-attentive voters support eRINs.

The Partnership for Electric Pathways (PEP) commissioned attorneys at Arnold & Porter to conduct a legal analysis of EPA’s Electric Pathway framework proposal. The analysis concluded that challenges to EPA’s longstanding position treating electricity as a renewable fuel in the RFS program are both out of time and off base on the merits. Even if this legal issue were within the scope of EPA’s proposal (which it is not), EPA’s interpretation of “renewable fuel” is well-grounded in the text, structure, history, and purposes of the RFS statutory provisions.

The Partnership for Electric Pathways (PEP) sent a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan on November 20, 2023 announcing the formation of PEP and reiterating the environmental and economic benefits of immediate implementation of the eRIN program.