PJM Generation Exam Question and answers 100% correct
2025/2026
1. PJM roles as
-reliability coordinator (RC)
an RTO:
-transmission operator (TOP), planner, & service provider
-interchange authority
-planning coordinator
-resource planner
-balancing authority (BA)
2. Member
-transmission owner/operator (TO/TOP)
compa- ny
-generation owner/operator (GO/GOP)
roles:
-load serving entity (LSE)
-purchasing selling entity (PSE)
-distribution provider (DP)
-transmission service provider
3. Generation Oper- entity that operates generating units, and performs the functions of
supplying
ator (GOP) 7. Generation Con- trol
4. Generation
Own- er (GO)
5. Transmission
Op- erator
(TOP)
6. Transmissi
on Owner
(TO)
, PJM Generation Exam Question and answers 100% correct
2025/2026
energy and reliability related Planners
services
-coordinates w/ the BA, entity that ensures real-time operating reliability of transmission assets within
TOP, & RC in real-time and the TOP area
ahead of time -monitors the transmission system and provides reliability through
coordination w/ generation resources
functional entity that owns
and maintains generating owns and provides for the maintenance of transmission facilities
units
-coordinates w/ the BA,
TOP, & RC as well as ensure eflcient generation is available or running to satisfy the demand at
Transmission/Resource
any given hour including maintaining adequate reserves
8.
, PJM Generation Exam Question and answers 100% correct
2025/2026
Transmissio monitor, operate, and control the high voltage transmission system in a
n Control reliable manner
9. Generation - maintain system control (generation/demand balance)
Dis- patch -maintain adequate reserves
Operations -implement emergency procedures
-synchronized reserve/regulation market
-ensure security of the system (limitations/constraints)
10. Transmissio -contingency analysis
n System -direct emergency operations
Operations -direct ott-cost operations
-coordinate switching
11. Reserves additional generation capacity above the expected load
12. Primary/ reserves which can come online or shed load within 10 minutes of request
Contin- gency 1) Synchronized Reserves: already online & synced to the BES
Reserves 2) Quick Start (non-sync) Reserves: not already online & synced to the
BES
13. Secondary reserves which can come online or shed load within 10-30 minutes of
Re- serves request
- don't need to be online & synced to the BES
14. Dispatch Rate $/MWh used to direct the output of generators
-calculated by the Security Constrained Economic Dispatch program
(SCED)
15. Basepoint generation setpoint sent to generators
16. Penalty Factor used to adjust cost of generators to include the ettects of losses. Unit otter
curve is multiplied by the PF to make it more or less attractive
2025/2026
1. PJM roles as
-reliability coordinator (RC)
an RTO:
-transmission operator (TOP), planner, & service provider
-interchange authority
-planning coordinator
-resource planner
-balancing authority (BA)
2. Member
-transmission owner/operator (TO/TOP)
compa- ny
-generation owner/operator (GO/GOP)
roles:
-load serving entity (LSE)
-purchasing selling entity (PSE)
-distribution provider (DP)
-transmission service provider
3. Generation Oper- entity that operates generating units, and performs the functions of
supplying
ator (GOP) 7. Generation Con- trol
4. Generation
Own- er (GO)
5. Transmission
Op- erator
(TOP)
6. Transmissi
on Owner
(TO)
, PJM Generation Exam Question and answers 100% correct
2025/2026
energy and reliability related Planners
services
-coordinates w/ the BA, entity that ensures real-time operating reliability of transmission assets within
TOP, & RC in real-time and the TOP area
ahead of time -monitors the transmission system and provides reliability through
coordination w/ generation resources
functional entity that owns
and maintains generating owns and provides for the maintenance of transmission facilities
units
-coordinates w/ the BA,
TOP, & RC as well as ensure eflcient generation is available or running to satisfy the demand at
Transmission/Resource
any given hour including maintaining adequate reserves
8.
, PJM Generation Exam Question and answers 100% correct
2025/2026
Transmissio monitor, operate, and control the high voltage transmission system in a
n Control reliable manner
9. Generation - maintain system control (generation/demand balance)
Dis- patch -maintain adequate reserves
Operations -implement emergency procedures
-synchronized reserve/regulation market
-ensure security of the system (limitations/constraints)
10. Transmissio -contingency analysis
n System -direct emergency operations
Operations -direct ott-cost operations
-coordinate switching
11. Reserves additional generation capacity above the expected load
12. Primary/ reserves which can come online or shed load within 10 minutes of request
Contin- gency 1) Synchronized Reserves: already online & synced to the BES
Reserves 2) Quick Start (non-sync) Reserves: not already online & synced to the
BES
13. Secondary reserves which can come online or shed load within 10-30 minutes of
Re- serves request
- don't need to be online & synced to the BES
14. Dispatch Rate $/MWh used to direct the output of generators
-calculated by the Security Constrained Economic Dispatch program
(SCED)
15. Basepoint generation setpoint sent to generators
16. Penalty Factor used to adjust cost of generators to include the ettects of losses. Unit otter
curve is multiplied by the PF to make it more or less attractive
