RC NERC EXAM|
UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE FREQUENT
MOST-TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
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
, 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
Complete loss of communication (including backup) is reportable if it lasts longer than... - Answer--30
minutes
Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment outages of more than how many minutes but
be reported - Answer--30 minutes
Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection interchange schedules - Answer--20 minutes
When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they have how long to report to RC - Answer--15
minutes
Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE to 0 following a disturbance, DCS) - Answer--15
minutes
Congestion management requests in Eastern Interconnection from one RC to another must be
implemented how quickly - Answer--15 minutes
Voltage deviation of >/= 10% nominal is reportable after how long - Answer--15 minutes
Uncontrollable loss of firm load for how long is reportable (previous years peak demand >3000;
>/+300mw - otherwise 200mw) - Answer--15 minutes
UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE FREQUENT
MOST-TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
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
, 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
Complete loss of communication (including backup) is reportable if it lasts longer than... - Answer--30
minutes
Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment outages of more than how many minutes but
be reported - Answer--30 minutes
Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection interchange schedules - Answer--20 minutes
When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they have how long to report to RC - Answer--15
minutes
Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE to 0 following a disturbance, DCS) - Answer--15
minutes
Congestion management requests in Eastern Interconnection from one RC to another must be
implemented how quickly - Answer--15 minutes
Voltage deviation of >/= 10% nominal is reportable after how long - Answer--15 minutes
Uncontrollable loss of firm load for how long is reportable (previous years peak demand >3000;
>/+300mw - otherwise 200mw) - Answer--15 minutes
