NERC RC Exam
Common standard time period for station battery to 8-12 hours
handle outage of AC power to chargers
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when 2 hours
redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA deemed
unsuccessful
Transition period to backup control facility (fully 2 hours
functioning)
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be 2 hours
functional for this long
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many 2 hours
hours of system restoration training to field switching
personnel
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall 2 hours
provide how many hours of training to operating
personnel responsible for startup
BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period 90 minutes
(following disturbance recovery period)
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent 60 minutes/hourly
interchange
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to 60 minutes/hourly
adjacent BA's
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be 60 minutes/hourly
implemented) needs updating how often
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often 60 minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to 60 minutes/hourly
update the RC how often until alert is terminated
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed 60 minutes
by when
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time 60 minutes
no more than how far beyond the resource loss
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are 60 minutes
submitted how soon after the modification
If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify 30 minutes
RC
, NERC RC Exam
ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long 30 minutes
If AVR, PSS, or other voltage control device status 30 minutes
changes from normal operation, GOP must notify TOP
within how long of the change (if it does not last longer
than this, no reporting necessary)
GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability 30 minutes
how quick
TOP should return from unknown operating state how 30 minutes
quick
IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system 30 minutes
should be returned to IROL within this time frame of
exceeding)
RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations 30 minutes
how often
Once BA/TOP notifies RC of emergency conditions, RC 30 minutes
has how long to notify other BA/TOP's and neighboring
RC's
Unplanned evacuation from BES control center facility is 30 minutes
reportable by BA/TOP/RC if it lasts longer than...
Complete loss of communication (including backup) is 30 minutes
reportable if it lasts longer than...
Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment 30 minutes
outages of more than how many minutes but be reported
Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection 20 minutes
interchange schedules
When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they 15 minutes
have how long to report to RC
Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE 15 minutes
to 0 following a disturbance, DCS)
Congestion management requests in Eastern 15 minutes
Interconnection from one RC to another must be
implemented how quickly
Voltage deviation of >/= 10% nominal is reportable after 15 minutes
how long
Uncontrollable loss of firm load for how long is reportable 15 minutes
(previous years peak demand >3000; >/+300mw -
otherwise 200mw)
Common standard time period for station battery to 8-12 hours
handle outage of AC power to chargers
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when 2 hours
redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA deemed
unsuccessful
Transition period to backup control facility (fully 2 hours
functioning)
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be 2 hours
functional for this long
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many 2 hours
hours of system restoration training to field switching
personnel
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall 2 hours
provide how many hours of training to operating
personnel responsible for startup
BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period 90 minutes
(following disturbance recovery period)
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent 60 minutes/hourly
interchange
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to 60 minutes/hourly
adjacent BA's
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be 60 minutes/hourly
implemented) needs updating how often
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often 60 minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to 60 minutes/hourly
update the RC how often until alert is terminated
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed 60 minutes
by when
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time 60 minutes
no more than how far beyond the resource loss
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are 60 minutes
submitted how soon after the modification
If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify 30 minutes
RC
, NERC RC Exam
ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long 30 minutes
If AVR, PSS, or other voltage control device status 30 minutes
changes from normal operation, GOP must notify TOP
within how long of the change (if it does not last longer
than this, no reporting necessary)
GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability 30 minutes
how quick
TOP should return from unknown operating state how 30 minutes
quick
IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system 30 minutes
should be returned to IROL within this time frame of
exceeding)
RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations 30 minutes
how often
Once BA/TOP notifies RC of emergency conditions, RC 30 minutes
has how long to notify other BA/TOP's and neighboring
RC's
Unplanned evacuation from BES control center facility is 30 minutes
reportable by BA/TOP/RC if it lasts longer than...
Complete loss of communication (including backup) is 30 minutes
reportable if it lasts longer than...
Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment 30 minutes
outages of more than how many minutes but be reported
Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection 20 minutes
interchange schedules
When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they 15 minutes
have how long to report to RC
Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE 15 minutes
to 0 following a disturbance, DCS)
Congestion management requests in Eastern 15 minutes
Interconnection from one RC to another must be
implemented how quickly
Voltage deviation of >/= 10% nominal is reportable after 15 minutes
how long
Uncontrollable loss of firm load for how long is reportable 15 minutes
(previous years peak demand >3000; >/+300mw -
otherwise 200mw)
