RC NERC EXAM| 2025 LATEST
UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE FREQUENT MOST-TESTED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS/SOLUTIONS|GRADED A+
Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to
chargers -CORRECTANSWER 8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA
deemed unsuccessful -CORRECTANSWER 2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) -CORRECTANSWER 2
hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
CORRECTANSWER 2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel -CORRECTANSWER 2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of training
to operating personnel responsible for startup -CORRECTANSWER 2 hours
, BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance recovery
period) -CORRECTANSWER 90 minutes
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange -
CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's -
CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs updating
how often -CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often -CORRECTANSWER 60
minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until alert
is terminated -CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when -CORRECTANSWER
60 minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far beyond
the resource loss -CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes
UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE FREQUENT MOST-TESTED
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS/SOLUTIONS|GRADED A+
Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to
chargers -CORRECTANSWER 8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA
deemed unsuccessful -CORRECTANSWER 2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) -CORRECTANSWER 2
hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
CORRECTANSWER 2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel -CORRECTANSWER 2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of training
to operating personnel responsible for startup -CORRECTANSWER 2 hours
, BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance recovery
period) -CORRECTANSWER 90 minutes
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange -
CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's -
CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs updating
how often -CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often -CORRECTANSWER 60
minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until alert
is terminated -CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when -CORRECTANSWER
60 minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far beyond
the resource loss -CORRECTANSWER 60 minutes
