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Interconnection Reliability - A Flashcards

1
Q

Each SOL/IROL violation shall be reported to the Regional Council and NERC Compliance Subcommittee within what time freame?

A. 72 Hours
B. 36 Hours
C. 24 Hours
D. 30 minutes

A

A. 72 Hours

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As general rule, digital data should be sampled every

A. 6 seconds
B. 8 seconds
C. 4 seconds
D. 2 seconds

A

C. 4 seconds

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According to NERC standards, how often does a restoration plan have to be tested trough exercise or simulation?

A. Every three years
B. Every 6 months
C. Every year
D. Every five years

A

D. Every five years

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According to NERC Standards, Reliability Coordinators who delegate tasks to other entities must ensure that they have which of the following place?

A. Physical interconnections
B. Formal Operating Agreements
C. Redundant communications
D. Energy Agreements

A

B. Formal Operating Agreements

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Balancing Authority “A” is generating and sending Balancing Authority “B” a schedule. Both Balancing Authorities must verify all the following EXCEPT

A. Schedule MW ramp rate
B. Schedule start and stop times
C. Energy/capacity price
D. Schedule magnitude

A

C. Energy/capacity price

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6
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A Reliability Coordinator keeps which of the following informed of Geo-Magnetic Disturbance (GMD) activity?

(Two answers)

A. Balancing Authority
B. Transmission Operator
C. Generator Operator
D. Market Operator

A

A. Balancing Authority

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B Transmission Operator

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A preliminary report for a system disturbance that meets NERC or DOE criteria for reporting must be completed within ___

A. 60 days
B. 30 days
C. 12 hours
D. 24 hours

A

D. 24 hours

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Each Reliability Coordinator shall have what type of communications capabilities with its Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities, and with neighboring Reliability Coordinators?

A. Digital
B. Redundant
C. Satellite
D. Multi-directional

A

B. Redundant

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A major disturbance occurs within your region. Your Balancing Authority is in good condition but based on the reports you have received, you know other Balancing Authorities are experiencing capacity emergencies. You have emergency assistance available. Your next action should be to:

A. Make known your capabilities to provide emergency assistance

B. Raise generation immediately to support interconnection frequency

C. Wait for the deficient Balancing Authorities to request economy energy

D. Immediately separate from he interconnection

A

A. Make known your capabilities to provide emergency assistance

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According to NERC standards each Reliability Coordinator is required to conduct reliability analyses for its Reliability Area to ensure that the Bulk Electric System can be operated reliably. These studies must be performed for what time period?

A. Next 14 days
B. Next-day
C. Next week
D. Next 5 days

A

B. Next-day

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11
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An operating entity with a previous year peak demand of 4000 MW loses a percentage of load for 30 minutes. The load loss magnitude should exceed how many MW before a NERC Preliminary Disturbance Report form is required to be submitted?

A. 300
B. 100
C. 400
D. 200

A

A. 300

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Customer load has tripped and is about to be restored. Upon restoration the initial load is 10 times the normal load for the feeder restored. For how long would one typically expect this high a load magnitude to last?

A. 20-30 minutes
B. 2-4 seconds
C. 10-20 minutes
D. 2-4 minutes

A

B. 2-4 seconds

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13
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All of the following are reasons to notify other systems through predetermined communication paths except which?

A. Sabotage incident
B. Loss of 10 MW of load
C. Insufficient resources
D. Lack of single contingency coverage

A

B. Loss of 10 MW of load

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A Reliability Coordinators analysis identifies problems in the reliability area. What is the appropriate manner for addressing these problems?

A. Fax the areas marketers
B. Inform all purchasing-selling entities.
C. Call only affected Balancing Authorities in the reliability area
D. Utilize communications to the interconnection

A

D. Utilize communications to the Interconnection

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A Balancing Authority wishes to place several capacitor banks in service that will cause a change in system voltage. The Balancing Authority system operator should coordinate these actions with whom?

A. Independent System Operators
B. All interconnection Reliability Authorities
C. Region Compliance personnel
D. Affected neighboring Balancing Authorities

A

D. Affected neighboring Balancing Authorities

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16
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A Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator must provide its system operators with clear, written definition of:

A. Their responsibilities during emergency conditions
B. Their Authorities
C. Their Responsibilities and authorities
D. Their Responsibilities

A

C. Their Responsibilities and Authorities

17
Q

All of the following are appropriate actions for an operator to take when a time correction has been issued, except which?

A. Have plant operators adjust governor output manually
B. Start time error correction at designated time
C. Enter new scheduled frequency into control system
D. Log the time correction

A

A. Have plant operators adjust governor output manually

18
Q

A thunderstorm moves through your system resulting in numerous line trips and re-close operations. After the storm passes through your system you should:

A. Immediately notify NERC
B. Take immediate action to raise voltage
C. Take immediate action to raise frequency
D. Notify neighboring systems that may be impacted by the storm

A

D. Notify neighboring systems that may be impacted by the storm

19
Q

Any Reliability Coordinator noticing an Interconnection Frequency Error in excess of ____ Hz (Eastern interconnection) or ____Hz (Western and ERCOT interconnections) for more than 20 minutes shall initiate a Reliability Coordinator Hotline conference call, or notification via the RCIS, to determine the Balancing Authorities with the energy emergency or control problem

A. 0.01/0.02
B. 0.03/0.05
C. 1.0/2.0
D. 0.5/1.0

A

B. 0.03/0.05

20
Q

A Reliability Coordinator’s analysis identifies operating problems in their reliability area. What is the appropriate manner for addressing these problems?

A. Inform all PSEs
B. Utilize telecommunications to notify other Reliability Coordinators in the Interconnection
C. Fax the reliability area’s marketers
D. Call only affected Balancing Authorities in the reliability area

A

B. Utilize Telecommunications to notify other Reliability Coordinators in the Interconnection

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