Section 15 of the 2015 Act is not going to stand in the way of having this emergency energy generation, but it could mean that emergency energy generation licences have applied to them conditions that consider the climate crisis properly. One condition might be that, if energy demand is exceeding capacity temporarily, there be clear measures that tackle demand from large energy users first and that these measures and the large energy users' response be recorded so that we can identify patterns and do better in addressing them.
The other kind of condition that might get attached, which would not stop us having the emergency energy generation but would ensure it was used responsibly, could be conditions around the switch to backup generators in these large energy users whose demand has grown by either 260% or 280% in the past five years.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Lynn Boylan and Alice-Mary Higgins; Níl, Senators Paul Daly and Joe O'Reilly.
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