The performance of Cu cermets as anodes for the direct oxidation of CH4 in solid oxide fuel cells was examined. Mixtures of Cu and yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) were found to give similar performance to Ni-YSZ cermets when H-2 was used as the fuel, but did not deactivate in dry CH4. While Cu-YSZ was essentially inert to methane, the addition of ceria to the anode gave rise to reasonable power densities and stable operation over a period of at least 3 days. Proof of direct oxidation of CH4 came from chemical analysis of the products leaving the cell. The major carbon-containing product was CO2, with only traces of CO observed, and there was excellent agreement between the actual cell current and that predicted by the methane conversion. These results demonstrate that direct, electrocatalytic oxidation of dry methane is possible, with reasonable performance.