Interconnection Reliability - C Flashcards
While performing a pre-outage study, you identify that the transmission outage will cause a thermal violation on a parallel path. Which of the following actions are appropriate?
A. Reschedule the outage if possible
B. Shed load to mitigate the concern
C. Allow the outage to occur and see what happens
D. Allow the outage to take place as long as no load is lost
A. Reschedule the outage if possible
When an operating entity is forced to operate in a way that a single contingency could result in general instability, whom shall they contact?
A. All Balancing Authoritys
B. NERC and FERC
C. NERC and DOE
D. The RC and other affected operating entities
D. The RC and other affected operating entities
The Reliability Coordinator who implemented emergency procedures shall update all the other reliability authorities, as well as the affected transmission provider, and Balancing Authorities at least every’
A. 1 hour
B. 1/2 hour
C. 2 hours
D. 4 hours
A. 1 hour
The Reliability coordinator shall share its system study results with other reliability authorities within the interconnection by what time?
A. 1400
B. 1200
C. 1500
D. 1600
C. 1500
The Reliability Authority shall share its next day’s system study results with other Reliability Authorities within the Interconnection by what time?
A. 1600
B. 1500
C. 1200
D. 1400
B. 1500
What is the data retention requirement for any Balancing Authority or region to retain data made available on the Interregional Security Network (ISN)?
A. 1 month
B. 12 months
C. 0 months
D. 6 months
C. 0 months
When a condition is identified that could threaten system reliability or when firm load shedding is anticipated, which communication facility should be used to notify systems impacted by these events?
A. Regional and Interconnection Hotlines
B. Normal telecommunications facilities
C. Interregional Security Network
D. NERC Net
A. Regional and Interconnection Hotlines
The information on the ISN may be used by all of the following except ___
A. Purchase Selling Entities
B. Intermediate Balancing Authorities
C. Generation Owners
D. Generation Operators
C. Generation Owners
When may an automatic isolation plan be used?
A. On consent of neighboring systems
B. Upon transference to a back-up control center
C. When a restoration plan is updated
D. When restoration procedures are verified
A. On consent of neighboring systems
The frequency in the system is running at 60.02 Hz for 10 hours. What is the accumulated time error?
A. 1.2 sec
B. 12.0 sec
C. -12.0 sec
D. -1.2 sec
B. 12.0 sec
Upon request, Reliability Coordinators shall, via the ___, exchange with each other Electric Security Data that is necessary to allow the Reliability Coordinators to perform their operational security assessments and coordinate their reliable operations.
A. ISN
B. ISDN
C. IOS
D. RCIS
A. ISN
Upon completion of their day-ahead studies, the Reliability Coordinator identifies potential problems on the transmission system during the next days operation, which of the following should Reliability Coordinator notify?
A. NERC
B. Reliability Coordinators in the Interconnection
C. Regional Reliability Organization
D. Department of Energy
B. Reliability Coordinators in the Interconnection
What type of information is conveyed on the interconnection hotline?
A. Reliability
B. Daily planning
C. Coordinated switching
D. Market
A. Reliability
When are the interconnection “hot-lines” intended to be used?
A. Whenever a Balancing Authority wants a conference call.
B. For emergency or near-emergency communications
C. Only by NERC
D. Only When RCIS is not working
A. Whenever a Balancing Authority wants a conference call
Who is responsible for developing procedures to provide for transmission reliability?
A. FERC
B. The Subregion
C. The Balancing Authority
D. NERC
C. The Balancing Authority
