The Act provides for emergency measures for electricity generation development to ameliorate and protect security of supply of electricity in the State because exceptional circumstances. Under section 2 Designation of development is a development comprising of the installation of temporary emergency electricity generation plant, site development and works ancillary to that installation, and the operation of the plant, required urgently for the purpose of ensuring and protecting security of electricity supply. Designated development shall be exempt from the provisions of the Environmental Impact Assessment.