Emergency Preparedness and Response
Course Question
What should frequency be during Normal Operations? - ✔✔59.97‐60.03 Hz
What should voltage be during Normal Operations? - ✔✔within +/‐ 5% of nominal voltage
What should ACE be during Normal Operations? - ✔✔0
For blackouts, RTUs (Remote Terminal Unit) should not be powered from.... - ✔✔An AC power
source
Transmission Loading Relief (TLR) is used as a coordinated action to prevent or manage... -
✔✔potential or actual SOL and IROL exceedances
EOP‐011 Emergency Operations:
To address the effects of operating Emergencies by ensuring each TO and BA has developed
_________ to mitigate operating Emergencies, and those plans are coordinated within a RC
area - ✔✔Operating Plans
An operating plan is made up of these two things. - ✔✔Operating Procedure & Operating
Process
A document that identifies specific steps or tasks that should be taken by one or more specific
operating positions to achieve specific operating goals. - ✔✔Operating Procedure
A document that identifies general steps for achieving a generic operating goal. Includes steps
with options that may be selected depending upon Real‐time conditions. - ✔✔Operating
Process
,Each Reliability Coordinator with a Balancing Authority experiencing a potential or actual
Energy Emergency within its Reliability Coordinator Area declares a(n) ____________. -
✔✔Energy Emergency Alert
A generation capacity deficiency can be used to describe? - ✔✔An EEA
EEA 1 means.... - ✔✔All available generation resources in use
EEA 2 means... - ✔✔Load management procedures in effect
EEA 3 means... - ✔✔Firm load interruption is imminent or in progress
In EEA 1, are you still able to sell to other BAs? - ✔✔you should not sell because you are barely
able to balance your load already.
Each RC that receives an emergency notification from a TO or BA within its RC Area shall notify,
within _______ (time) from the time of receiving notification:
• Other BAs and TAs in its RC Area
• Neighboring Reliability Coordinators - ✔✔30 minutes
An Energy Deficient Area has steadily increasing demand, but insufficient generation resources.
Assistance is provided by all units in the Interconnection via their _______ __________.
A Balancing Area operator would take corrective actions, such as.... (2) - ✔✔frequency
response
, • Bring on generation or declare an EEA to prevent a large frequency decay
A Balancing Authority has enough resources to meet a forecasted peak load and their
contingency reserves. When the forecast is updated, the peak is 200 MW higher than originally
expected. Which Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) is appropriate for this cold winter morning peak
scenario?
a) The Balancing Authority should call the Reliability Coordinator requesting an EEA 1
b) The Balancing Authority should call the Reliability Coordinator requesting an EEA 2
c) The Balancing Authority and the Reliability Coordinator should jointly determine the
appropriate level
d) The Balancing Authority issues an EEA 1 - ✔✔C
The _______ reviews the Operating Plans, then notifies the BA and TO of the results of its
review. - ✔✔RC
Insufficient generation to meet demand, Transmission capacity and SOLs are exceeded. What
should a BA/TO do in this situation? - ✔✔Shed customer load
Before shedding firm load, if time allows, you should try? (3) - ✔✔1) Re-dispatch of generation
2) Reconfiguring the transmission system
3) Interrupting interruptible load
Low voltages are a result usually caused by? - ✔✔heavy power flows on transmission lines
When voltage is low in an area and all other options have been exhausted, the system operator
should? - ✔✔shed load in the low voltage area
If the low voltage is caused by heavy power flow through an area, _______ may be required in
another area to reduce power flow. - ✔✔load shed
Course Question
What should frequency be during Normal Operations? - ✔✔59.97‐60.03 Hz
What should voltage be during Normal Operations? - ✔✔within +/‐ 5% of nominal voltage
What should ACE be during Normal Operations? - ✔✔0
For blackouts, RTUs (Remote Terminal Unit) should not be powered from.... - ✔✔An AC power
source
Transmission Loading Relief (TLR) is used as a coordinated action to prevent or manage... -
✔✔potential or actual SOL and IROL exceedances
EOP‐011 Emergency Operations:
To address the effects of operating Emergencies by ensuring each TO and BA has developed
_________ to mitigate operating Emergencies, and those plans are coordinated within a RC
area - ✔✔Operating Plans
An operating plan is made up of these two things. - ✔✔Operating Procedure & Operating
Process
A document that identifies specific steps or tasks that should be taken by one or more specific
operating positions to achieve specific operating goals. - ✔✔Operating Procedure
A document that identifies general steps for achieving a generic operating goal. Includes steps
with options that may be selected depending upon Real‐time conditions. - ✔✔Operating
Process
,Each Reliability Coordinator with a Balancing Authority experiencing a potential or actual
Energy Emergency within its Reliability Coordinator Area declares a(n) ____________. -
✔✔Energy Emergency Alert
A generation capacity deficiency can be used to describe? - ✔✔An EEA
EEA 1 means.... - ✔✔All available generation resources in use
EEA 2 means... - ✔✔Load management procedures in effect
EEA 3 means... - ✔✔Firm load interruption is imminent or in progress
In EEA 1, are you still able to sell to other BAs? - ✔✔you should not sell because you are barely
able to balance your load already.
Each RC that receives an emergency notification from a TO or BA within its RC Area shall notify,
within _______ (time) from the time of receiving notification:
• Other BAs and TAs in its RC Area
• Neighboring Reliability Coordinators - ✔✔30 minutes
An Energy Deficient Area has steadily increasing demand, but insufficient generation resources.
Assistance is provided by all units in the Interconnection via their _______ __________.
A Balancing Area operator would take corrective actions, such as.... (2) - ✔✔frequency
response
, • Bring on generation or declare an EEA to prevent a large frequency decay
A Balancing Authority has enough resources to meet a forecasted peak load and their
contingency reserves. When the forecast is updated, the peak is 200 MW higher than originally
expected. Which Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) is appropriate for this cold winter morning peak
scenario?
a) The Balancing Authority should call the Reliability Coordinator requesting an EEA 1
b) The Balancing Authority should call the Reliability Coordinator requesting an EEA 2
c) The Balancing Authority and the Reliability Coordinator should jointly determine the
appropriate level
d) The Balancing Authority issues an EEA 1 - ✔✔C
The _______ reviews the Operating Plans, then notifies the BA and TO of the results of its
review. - ✔✔RC
Insufficient generation to meet demand, Transmission capacity and SOLs are exceeded. What
should a BA/TO do in this situation? - ✔✔Shed customer load
Before shedding firm load, if time allows, you should try? (3) - ✔✔1) Re-dispatch of generation
2) Reconfiguring the transmission system
3) Interrupting interruptible load
Low voltages are a result usually caused by? - ✔✔heavy power flows on transmission lines
When voltage is low in an area and all other options have been exhausted, the system operator
should? - ✔✔shed load in the low voltage area
If the low voltage is caused by heavy power flow through an area, _______ may be required in
another area to reduce power flow. - ✔✔load shed
