7.6 Capacity Excess Conditions

Question 1

What are the potential Capacity Excess Conditions in order of severity?

Answer 1

Advisories: Minimum generation advisory
Alerts: Minimum generation alert
Warnings: Minimum generation emergency declaration

Actions:

• High voltage action
• Minimum Generation Event
• Local Minimum Generation Event

Question 2

What are the load levels that trigger a minimum generation advisory?

Answer 2

Summer/winter: 70,000 MW

Spring/fall: 65,000 MW

Question 3

What is the trigger for a minimum generation alert?

Answer 3

Expected generation w/in 2,500 MW of normal minimum energy limits

Question 4

When do members need to report Emergency Reducible info? How to report?

Answer 4

During Minimum Generation Alert.

Via eDART

Question 5

ERG is split up into Declaration and Total - what do these mean?

Answer 5

Total is total emergency reducible generation, while declaration is the portion of that that would be reduced if a declaration is issued. The remainder would be reduced when the event is issued.

When the event is issued, if it’s a % it would be the percent of the remaining capacity after the declaration amount.

Question 6

How soon should Emergency Reducible Generation Curtailments be acheived?

Answer 6

w/in 15 min