jj jj
WhichjjofjjthejjfollowingjjbalancingjjcontroljjmodesjjisjjusedjjbyjjPJMjjunderjjnormaljjoperations?
Tie-LinejjBias
WhichjjofjjthejjfollowingjjinfluencesjjdoesjjPJMjjconsiderjjwhenjjperformingjjtheirjjsystemjjloadjjforecast
? WeatherjjConditionsjj&jjDayjjofjjthejjWeek
AlljjofjjthejjfollowingjjarejjlimitsjjthatjjmustjjbejjsubmittedjjtojjPJMjjforjjgeneratingjjunitsjjEXCEPT:
1.jjEcojjMin
2.jjEcojjMax
3.jjEmergencyjjMax
4.jjDynamicjjInstability DynamicjjInstability
IfjjPJMjjexperiencedjjanjjeventjjthatjjcausedjjthejjlossjjofjjajj1,000jjMWjjgenerator,jjwhichjjofjjthejjfollowin
gjjwouldjjmostjjlikelyjjprovidejjthejjquickestjjimpactjjtojjimprovejjthejjundegeneratingjjAreajjControljjAre
ajj(ACE)?
1.jjRemedialjjActionjjReserve
2.jjSynchjjReserve
3.jjNon-SynchjjReserve
4.jjSecondaryjjReserve SynchjjReserve
Yourjjsystemjjhasjjexperiencedjjanjjeventjjthatjjcausedjjthejjfrequencyjjtojjdropjjbelowjj60.00jjHz,jjwhatjjw
ouldjjbejjthejjmostjjlikelyjjeventjjthatjjoccurred? Ajjgeneratorjjonjjyourjjsystemjjtrippedjjoffline
HowjjdoesjjthejjPJMjjdispatcherjjinformjjthejjMembersjjofjjthejjPJMjjregulationjjRequirements? All-
Call
InjjorderjjforjjyourjjgeneratorjjtojjqualityjjtojjsupplyjjregulationjjinjjthejjPJMjjRegulationjjmarket,jjitjjmustjjb
ejjablejjtojjrespondjjandjjattainjjitsjjdesiredjjoutputjjwithinjjhowjjmanyjjminutes? 5jjminutes
Basedjjonjjajjgeneratorjjcapabilityjjcurve,jjinjjorderjjtojjmaximizejjthejjMVARjjoutputjjofjjthejjgenerator,jjitj
jmayjjbejjnecessaryjjto: decreasejjthejjMWjjoutputjjofjjthejjunit
PJMjjmaintainsjjajjregulationjjqualityjjstandardjjwhichjjstatesjjthatjjajjgeneratorjjmayjjbejjcertifiedjjtojjprov
idejjregulationjjonlyjjafterjjitjjachievesjjthreejjconsecutivejjregulationjjtestjjscoresjjofjjatjjleast 75%
WhichjjofjjthejjfollowingjjwouldjjNOTjjbejjajjcausejjforjjajjsuddenjjdeviationjjinjjthejjbalancingjjareajjACE?
1.jjincorrectjjinterchangejjnumber
2.jjlossjjofjjajjtie-linejjRTU
3.jjlossjjofjjinternaljjload
4.jjlossjjofjjadjacentjjcontroljjareajjgeneration lossjjofjjadjacentjjcontroljjareajjgeneration
ThejjprimaryjjpurposejjforjjthejjbalancingjjareajjtojjhavejjRegulationjjisjjtojjcorrectjjfor:
smalljjdeviationsjjinjjload
ItjjisjjnecessaryjjforjjGenerationjjOwnerjjdispatchersjjtojjnotifyjjPJMjjofjjunplannedjjunitjjoutages:
asjjsoonjjasjjpracticable
PJMjjshouldjjbejjmadejjawarejjofjjanyjjfueljjshortagejjthatjjajjgeneratorjjmayjjexperience.jj
Thisjjinformationjjassistsjjinjjanalyzingjjthejjresourcesjjandjjreliablyjjoperatingjjthejjsystem.jjAjjheightene
djjawarenessjjisjjexpectedjjduring: extremejjhotjjorjjcoldjjconditions
,GeneratorsjjarejjrequiredjjtojjobtainjjPJMjjapprovaljjpriorjjtojjremovingjjajjgeneratingjjunitjjfromjjservice.
Thejjonlyjjexceptionjjisjjfor: injuryjjtojjpersonneljjwilljjbejjprevented
Priorjjtojjremovingjjajjself-scheduledjjgeneratorjjfromjjservice,jjthejjPJMjjmemberjjmustjjfirst
givejjPJMjjthejjoptionjjtojjtakeoverjjthejjunitjjforjjthejjmarket
WhenjjPJMjjexperiencesjjproblemsjjwithjjtheirjjprimaryjjdigitaljjcontroljjsignal,jjitjjsometimesjjbecomesjj
necessaryjjforjjcompaniesjjwithjjthejjcapability,jjtojjswitchjjtojjthejjback-upjjsignal.jj
Thisjjbackupjjsignaljjisjjknownjjas: Analogjjcontrol
WhenjjPJMjjsendsjjcostjjsignalsjjtojjgenerators,jjtojjprovidejjdirectionjjforjjincreasingjjorjjdecreasingjjthejjf
acilityjjoutput,jjthisjjsignaljjthatjjisjjsentjjisjjknownjjas: DispatchjjRate
Underjjnormaljjoperatingjjconditions,jjwhatjjisjjthejjlimitjjthatjjwilljjprovidejjthejjlowestjjoutputjjleveljjofjjajj
generatingjjunit? EcojjMin
WhenjjPJMjjsendjjoutjjajjcostjjsignaljjtojjgeneratorsjjtojjadjustjjtheirjjoutput,jjthejjgeneratingjjpersonneljjadj
ustjjthejjoutputjjofjjthejjunitjjbasejjonjjthejjunit's pricejjorjjcostjjcurvejjincremental
WhichjjeSuitejjtooljjisjjusedjjtojjmaintainjjindividualjjgeneratorjjregulationjjdatajjthatjjisjjsubmittedjjbyjjPJ
Mjjmembers? eMarket
PJM'sjjACEjjconfigurationjjisjjsuch,jjthatjjwhenjjthejjACEjjisjjpositivejj(+),jjitjjindicates
toojjmuchjjgeneration
Ifjjajjgeneratorjjisjjself-
scheduled,jjwhatjjisjjthejjminimumjjnotificationjjtimejjrequiredjjinjjorderjjforjjthejjMWjjoutputjjtojjbejjadjus
ted? 20jjminutesjjpriorjjtojjthejjchange
Whenjjcorrectionsjjarejjmadejjforjjthejjtimejjerrorjjandjjthejjsystemjjscheduledjjfrequencyjjmustjjbejjchange
djjtojjimplementjjthejjcorrection,jjhowjjmuchjjisjjthejjfrequencyjjscheduledjjadjustedjjby? +jj/-jj0.02jjHz
WhenjjPJMjjrunsjjtheirjjRegulationjjtest,jjhowjjlongjjdojjthejjtestsjjnormallyjjrun? 40jjminutes
Yourjjsystemjjhasjjajj300jjMWjjsteamjjunit,jjbutjjduejjtojjoiljjdeliveries,jjthejjon-
sitejjfueljjsupplyjjisjjdiminishing.jj
WhatjjisjjthejjhourlyjjthresholdjjforjjreportingjjtojjPJMjjthatjjthejjunitjjcannotjjoperatejjatjjitsjjmaximumjjcap
acityjjduejjtojjthejjfueljjlimitation? 72jjhours
WhatjjisjjthejjregulationjjrequirementjjforjjthejjPJMjjbalancingjjareajjduringjjon-peakjjhours?
1.0%jjofjjthejjforecastedjjpeakjjload
Whatjjisjjthejjtimejjrequirementjjthatjjajjgeneratorjjthatjjwishesjjtojjself-
schedulejjitselfjjmustjjprovidejjtojjPJM? 20jjminutes
ThejjPJMjjPeakjjPeriodjjMaintenancejjseasonjjoccurs:
Betweenjjthejj24thjj&jj36thjjWednesdaysjjofjjthejjyear
Maintenancejjoutagejjextensionsjjmayjjbejjgrantedjjprovidedjjthatjjthejjrequestjjforjjanjjextensionjjisjjmade
Priorjjtojjthejjendjjofjjthejjoutage
WhatjjisjjthejjmaximumjjtimejjlimitjjforjjthejjmaintenancejjoutagesjjthatjjoccurjjduringjjthejjPJMjjPeakjjPeri
odjjMaintenancejjseason? 9jjdays
WhichjjofjjthejjfollowingjjisjjNOTjjajjcontroljjmodejjthatjjPJMjjconsiders? FrequencyjjBias
WhatjjarejjthejjtwojjNERCjjcontroljjstandardsjjthatjjPJMjjmustjjscorejjatjjleastjj100%jjinjjorderjjtojjbejjcompl
iant? DCSjj(DisturbancejjControljjStandard)jjandjjCPS1
WhenjjPJMjjactivatesjjsharedjjreservesjjwithjjNPCC,jjwhatjjisjjthejjnormaljjrampjjofjjthejjMWjjwhenjjthejje
ventjjisjjactivated? 0jjminutes
, WhatjjisjjthejjregulationjjrequiredjjforjjoperatingjjthejjPJMjjbalancingjjareajjduringjjthejjmidnightjjperiod?
1.0%jjofjjthejjforecastedjjpeakjjload
WhatjjisjjthejjthresholdjjforjjPJMjjassigningjjorjjde-assigningjjregulationjjtojjgenerators? +jj/jj-
jj15jjMWjjofjjthejjrequirement
Duringjjsystemjjrestoration,jjwherejjisjjthejjmostjjeffectingjjoperatingjjpointjjforjjthosejjgeneratorsjjthatjjar
ejjsupplyingjjregulationjjtojjthejjsystem? Atjjtjjhejjmiddlejjofjjtheirjjregulatingjjoperatingjjrange
Ifjjyoujjhavejjthreejj150jjMWjjgeneratorsjjwithjjeachjjhavingjjanjjecojjminjjofjj50jjMWjjandjjemergencyjjmin
jjofjj20jjMW,jjwhatjjwouldjjbejjthejjtotaljjEmergencyjjReduciblejjamountjjthatjjyoujjwouldjjreportjjtojjPJM?
90jjMW
WhatjjwouldjjbejjthejjnormaljjfirstjjstepjjtojjbejjtakenjjbyjjthejjPJMjjGenerationjjDispatcherjjafterjjajj1,000jj
MWjjunitjjtrippingjjcausedjjthejjACEjjtojjindicatejjandjjthejjbalancingjjareajjtojjbejjinjjajjsituationjjofjjseverejj
underjjgeneration? orderjjalljjgeneratorsjjtojjloadjjspinningjjreserve
DuringjjseverejjGeomagneticjjactivity,jjPJMjjobservesjjanjjindicationjjofjj>jj10jjamperesjjatjjMissourijjAv
enuejjfacilityjjthatjjisjjconfirmedjjbyjjajjsecondjjsource.jj
ThejjPJMjjoperatorjjshouldjjimmediatelyjjimplement: ConservativejjOperation
WhatjjemergencyjjprocedurejjwouldjjcausejjalljjGenerationjjOwnerjjOperatorsjjtojjsubmitjjemergencyjjre
duciblejjinformationjjtojjPJMjjcontroljjcenter? MinjjGenjjAlert
PJMjjissuesjjajjColdjjWeatherjjAlertjjwhenjjthejjforecastedjjtemperaturejjinjjPhiladelphiajjisjjexpectedjjtojj
bejjlessjjthanjjorjjequaljjto: 10jjdegreesjjF
Whichjjofjjthejjfollowingjjfacilitiesjjwouldjjbejjgivenjjajjpriorityjjinjjrestoringjjauxiliaryjjpowerjjfollowingjj
ajjPJMjjsystemjjblackout?
1.jjajjgeneratorjjthatjjwasjjonlinejjandjjtjjrippedjjbutjjhasjjajjrupturedjjturbinejjdisk
2.jjajjdrumjjtypejjoiljjfiredjjunitjjthatjjtrippedjjduringjjthejjeventjjandjjhasjjnojjdamage
3.jjajjCTjjthatjjisjjremotejjandjjhasjjajj30%jjdependabilityjjrating
4.jjajjcoldjjfiredjjgeneratorjjthatjjwasjjoffline,jjbutjjcanjjbejjonjjinjj<jj12jjhrs
ajjdrumjjtypejjoiljjfiredjjunitjjthatjjtrippedjjduringjjthejjeventjjandjjhasjjnojjdamage
WhatjjtwojjcomponentsjjmakejjupjjContingencyjjReserve? Synchronizedjj&jjNon-Synchronized
WhyjjisjjitjjimportantjjforjjPJMjjtojjknowjjwhenjjajjgeneratorjjhasjjlimitedjjfueljjforjjoperation?
Tojjplanjjforjjthejjmostjjoptimaljjtimejjtojjutilizejjthejjresource
WhichjjofjjthejjfollowingjjwouldjjbejjanjjacceptablejjactionjjforjjPJMjjtojjrequestjjofjjajjgeneratorjjduringjjpe
riodsjjofjjheavyjjflowsjjandjjlowjjvoltages? Lowerjjreal-powerjjoutputjjtojjincreasejjreactivejjpower
Followingjjajjsystemjjshutdown,jjwhichjjofjjthejjfollowingjjwouldjjhavejjthejjhighestjjpriorityjjinjjthejjresto
rationjjeffort? Auxiliaryjjpowerjjtojjajjnukejjfacility
whenjjPJMjjissuesjjajjVoltagejjReductionjjAlert,jjwhichjjofjjthejjfollowingjjisjjNOTjjanjjappropriatejjaction
jjforjjajjMemberjjdispatcherjjtojjtake?
1.jjtakejjstepsjjtojjexpeditejjthejjreduction,jjifjjneeded
2.jjadvisejjalljjstationjjanjjkeyjjpersonnel
3.jjnotifyjjmanagement