{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413326", "Manasquan-Belmar Patch news article:'Sea Girt Residents Fight Plans To Bring Wind Energy Ashore In Town'", "2024-08-20", "2024", "2024-08", "Republican", "House", "NJ", "Christopher H. Smith", "S000522", "chrissmith.house.gov", "chrissmith", "https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx", "scraper", "\"The transmission cables that will be buried beneath community streets will carry 6,400 megawatts of power \u2014 10 times the electrical output of the recently closed Oyster Creek nuclear plant,\" wrote the group here on their website. \"Based on our research, no project of this magnitude has been tested and proven safe anywhere in the world.\"\n\nThe high-voltage electric cables will run within 10-15 yards of homes and recreational facilities, by three schools and underneath the Coast to Capital Bike Trail, the residents say.\n\nThe group says not enough people in Monmouth County know this is being proposed. Monday night's meeting was originally planned to be in person, but the group said they had to move it online due to the crowd size.\n\nMonday night's meeting was attended by Congressman, Rep. Chris Smith (R-Manchester), who has been vocal in trying to stop wind farms off the Jersey Shore. The meeting was also attended by Manasquan Mayor Michael Mangan, Sea Girt Mayor Donald Fetzer, Monmouth/Ocean county Assemblyman Paul Kanitra, Mike Dean from Save the East Coast, Cindy Zipf from Clean Ocean Action and Keith Moore from Defend Brigantine Beach.\n\n\u201cWe know that without a change in plans, the communities of Sea Girt, Wall, Howell and Manasquan \u2014 who are being forced to host the huge cables coming off the wind turbines \u2014 will be the next victims,\u201d said Smith. \u201cThe work needed on these projects \u2014 which could last for years and will inevitably require ongoing maintenance \u2014 will indefinitely turn neighborhoods into hazardous construction zones.\"\n\n\u201cWe can\u2019t find an example anywhere in the world where this much power is landing on a beach and running within 15-20 yards of homes, schools and recreation areas,\u201d said Kimberly Paterson, one of the founding members of StopTheHighRiskPowerCables.org. \u201cResidents should not be expected to be guinea pigs in New Jersey\u2019s high-risk experiment.\u201d\n\nConstruction of the onshore infrastructure in Monmouth County is scheduled to begin in 2025, and a contractor is expected to chosen this September.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:36:13Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=413326"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7954556494951248, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}