PJM UPDATED ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Must Run - CORRECT ANSWER -Generating unit is self scheduled and MUST be
committed. Committed at Econ min and allowed to move to Econ max
Fixed Gen - CORRECT ANSWER -Unit does not intend to follow PJM dispatch signals
although unit will still receive a setpoint. Not used by DA market and can be changed hourly
Emergency - CORRECT ANSWER -Entire unit is placed in Max emergency category and
will not be scheduled unless PJM calls for max emergency generation
Economic - CORRECT ANSWER -Available and offered into market for PJM to schedule
Unavailable - CORRECT ANSWER -Out of service and not scheduled. Must have
corresponding outage ticket in eDART if a capacity resource
Max Emergency MW - CORRECT ANSWER -Emergency max MW-Econ max mw
Three Pivotal Supplier Test - CORRECT ANSWER -TPS-calculates relief from 3
generation owners and determines if remaining gen is sufficient to relieve constraint
eMKT - CORRECT ANSWER -Allows PJM members to submit information and obtain
data needed to conduct business in the DA, reg, and synch reserve markets
eMKT Submissions - CORRECT ANSWER -Can submit current day through 6 days into
future (excluding next day when market is closed.
Forecasted Planned - CORRECT ANSWER -Scheduled well in advance, flexible start
dates, pre determined duration, may last several weeks
, -min of 30 days notice
-3yrs into future
-MW outages only
Gen Checkout - CORRECT ANSWER -Used to compare generation availability in eMKT
to eDART
RPM - CORRECT ANSWER -Reliability pricing model
ICAP - CORRECT ANSWER -Installed capacity for unit
eDART - CORRECT ANSWER -IRC,trans,gen outage tickets, RRC, status report,SSR,
gen checkout, min gen report, system restoration data
Types of Gen Outage Tickets - CORRECT ANSWER -MW, AVR, MVAR, Govenor,
MVAR test, PSS
IRC - CORRECT ANSWER -Instantaneous reserve check
-results used to determine if reserve shortages exist and to initiate emergency procedures
SSR - CORRECT ANSWER -Supplemental status report
RRC - CORRECT ANSWER -Reactive reserve check
A Reg - CORRECT ANSWER -Assigned reg
TReg - CORRECT ANSWER -Total reg
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Must Run - CORRECT ANSWER -Generating unit is self scheduled and MUST be
committed. Committed at Econ min and allowed to move to Econ max
Fixed Gen - CORRECT ANSWER -Unit does not intend to follow PJM dispatch signals
although unit will still receive a setpoint. Not used by DA market and can be changed hourly
Emergency - CORRECT ANSWER -Entire unit is placed in Max emergency category and
will not be scheduled unless PJM calls for max emergency generation
Economic - CORRECT ANSWER -Available and offered into market for PJM to schedule
Unavailable - CORRECT ANSWER -Out of service and not scheduled. Must have
corresponding outage ticket in eDART if a capacity resource
Max Emergency MW - CORRECT ANSWER -Emergency max MW-Econ max mw
Three Pivotal Supplier Test - CORRECT ANSWER -TPS-calculates relief from 3
generation owners and determines if remaining gen is sufficient to relieve constraint
eMKT - CORRECT ANSWER -Allows PJM members to submit information and obtain
data needed to conduct business in the DA, reg, and synch reserve markets
eMKT Submissions - CORRECT ANSWER -Can submit current day through 6 days into
future (excluding next day when market is closed.
Forecasted Planned - CORRECT ANSWER -Scheduled well in advance, flexible start
dates, pre determined duration, may last several weeks
, -min of 30 days notice
-3yrs into future
-MW outages only
Gen Checkout - CORRECT ANSWER -Used to compare generation availability in eMKT
to eDART
RPM - CORRECT ANSWER -Reliability pricing model
ICAP - CORRECT ANSWER -Installed capacity for unit
eDART - CORRECT ANSWER -IRC,trans,gen outage tickets, RRC, status report,SSR,
gen checkout, min gen report, system restoration data
Types of Gen Outage Tickets - CORRECT ANSWER -MW, AVR, MVAR, Govenor,
MVAR test, PSS
IRC - CORRECT ANSWER -Instantaneous reserve check
-results used to determine if reserve shortages exist and to initiate emergency procedures
SSR - CORRECT ANSWER -Supplemental status report
RRC - CORRECT ANSWER -Reactive reserve check
A Reg - CORRECT ANSWER -Assigned reg
TReg - CORRECT ANSWER -Total reg
