NERC RC EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
DETAILED ANSWERS 2025
, Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to
chargers - ANSWER8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA
deemed unsuccessful - ANSWER2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ANSWER2 hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
ANSWER2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ANSWER2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of training
to operating personnel responsible for startup - ANSWER2 hours
BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance recovery
period) - ANSWER90 minutes
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - ANSWER60
minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's - ANSWER60
minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs updating
how often - ANSWER60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ANSWER60 minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until alert
is terminated - ANSWER60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ANSWER60 minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far beyond
the resource loss - ANSWER60 minutes
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the
modification - ANSWER60 minutes
DETAILED ANSWERS 2025
, Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to
chargers - ANSWER8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by RC/TOP/BA
deemed unsuccessful - ANSWER2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ANSWER2 hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
ANSWER2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ANSWER2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of training
to operating personnel responsible for startup - ANSWER2 hours
BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance recovery
period) - ANSWER90 minutes
How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - ANSWER60
minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's - ANSWER60
minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs updating
how often - ANSWER60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ANSWER60 minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until alert
is terminated - ANSWER60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ANSWER60 minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far beyond
the resource loss - ANSWER60 minutes
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the
modification - ANSWER60 minutes
