releases: https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/video-audio/converting-methane-gas-to-electricity
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| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/video-audio/converting-methane-gas-to-electricity | Converting Methane Gas to Electricity | 2016-12-09 | 2016 | 2016-12 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | Converting Methane Gas to Electricity The Washington Electric Co-op is one of two Vermont electric utilities with a 100 percent renewable energy portfolio, thanks in large part to its 8-megawatt generator fired by waste methane on Vermont’s only operating landfill. Washington Electric’s Coventry landfill facility produces enough electricity from waste methane to power approximately 6,000 homes and generates more than half of Washington Electric’s electricity. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |