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North American Electric Reliability
Corporation Reliability Coordinator
(RC) Exam Questions and Answers
Study Guide
Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power
to chargers - ANSWER>>8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by
RC/TOP/BA deemed unsuccessful - ANSWER>>2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ANSWER>>2 hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
ANSWER>>2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ANSWER>>2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of
training to operating personnel responsible for startup - ANSWER>>2 hours
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BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance
recovery period) - ANSWER>>90 minutes
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange -
ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's -
ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs
updating how often - ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until
alert is terminated - ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ANSWER>>60
minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far
beyond the resource loss - ANSWER>>60 minutes
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after
the modification - ANSWER>>60 minutes
If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - ANSWER>>30 minutes
ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - ANSWER>>30 minutes
North American Electric Reliability
Corporation Reliability Coordinator
(RC) Exam Questions and Answers
Study Guide
Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power
to chargers - ANSWER>>8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by
RC/TOP/BA deemed unsuccessful - ANSWER>>2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ANSWER>>2 hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
ANSWER>>2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ANSWER>>2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of
training to operating personnel responsible for startup - ANSWER>>2 hours
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BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance
recovery period) - ANSWER>>90 minutes
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange -
ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's -
ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs
updating how often - ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until
alert is terminated - ANSWER>>60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ANSWER>>60
minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far
beyond the resource loss - ANSWER>>60 minutes
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after
the modification - ANSWER>>60 minutes
If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - ANSWER>>30 minutes
ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - ANSWER>>30 minutes
