NERC Standards Flashcards by gary mcdonald

BAL-001 4.1
A Balancing Authority (BA) receiving Overlap Regulation Service is not subject to:

Control Performance Standard 1 (CPS1) or Balancing Authority ACE Limit (BAAL)

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BAL-001 R1
The Responsible Entity shall operate such that Control Performance Standard 1 (CPS1) is:
A) ____%
B) for_______ period of time

A) > or = to 100%
B) preceding 12 consecutive calendar months

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BAL-001 R2
Each Balancing Authority (BA) shall operate such that its average Reporting ACE does not exceed its Balancing Authority ACE Limit (BAAL) for more that _____ consecutive minutes

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BAL-001 Attachment 1, page 6
It is neccessary that at least _______% of both Reporting ACE and Frequency Error sample data during _____ minute intervals be available to calculate Control Performance Standard 1 (CPS1)

50%

one minute intervals

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BAL-001 Attachment 1, page 6+7
A Balancing Authority (BA) performing Overlap Regulation Service to another BA calculates its Control Performance Standard 1 (CPS1) after combining its __________________

Reporting ACE and Frequency Bias with that of all Balancing Authorities receiving the Regulation Service

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BAL-001 Attachment 2 page 8
To ensure that the average actual frequency calculated for any ____ minute interval can be used to calculate BAAL, at least _____% of data during that time should be available

one minute interval

50% of data

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BAL-001 Attachment 2 Page 9
A Balancing Authority (BA) providing Overlap Regulation Services to another BA calculates its Balancing Authority ACE Limit (BAAL) after combining its _________

Frequency Bias Setting with that of BA’s receiving the services

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BAL-002 R1 and NERC Glossary
The Responsible Entity experiencing a Reportable Balancing Contingency Event Shall:
1.1 - Within the Contingency Event Recovery Period of _________ (time) demonstrate recovery by returning its Reporting ACE to at least the value of __________ OR _________

15 minutes

Zero OR Pre-existing negative value if ACE was already negative

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BAL-002 R1
1.1
Any subsequent Balancing Contingency Event that occurs during the Contingency Recovery Period shall _______ the required recovery amount by the _______ of said additional Balancing Contingency Event

reduce

magnitude (amount of additional ACE the subsequent event decreases ACE)
IE: 5 minutes after an event, ACE is still -100 MW. Additional event takes ace to -150 MW. To get out of the Balancing Contingency Event, I only need to get to -50 MW. Not 0.

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BAL-002 R1
1.2 Document all Reportable Balancing Contingency Events using _______

CR Form 1

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BAL-002 R1
1.3 The Balancing Authority shall deploy ________, withing system constraints, to respond to all Reportable Balancing Contingency Events

Contingency Reserve

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BAL-002 R1 1.3.1
A Balancing Authority (BA) or Reserve Sharing Group is not subject to compliance with Reportable Contingency Recovery Period if what 4 things are true?

Reliability Coordinator (RC) Declared an Energy Emergency Alert Level
AND
Contingency Reserves are being utilized to mitigate an emergency in accordance with procedures.
AND
Contingency Reserve is < Most Severe Single Contingency (MSSC)
AND
RC has been notified of the above and BA has provided an ACE recovery plan with a set timeline.

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BAL-002 R2
How much contingency reserve must a Balancing Authority (BA) or Reserve Sharing Group have on hand?

A value > Most Severe Single Contingency (MSSC)

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BAL-002 R1 1.3.2
When would a Balancing Authority or Reserve Sharing Group not have to comply with the Contingency Event Recovery Period (when outside an already declared Energy Emergency Alert Level)?

Multiple Balancing Contingency Events occur that are defined as a single contingency event with MW > Most Severe Single Contingency Event (MSSC)
OR
Multiple Balancing Contingency Events occur > MSSC during Contingency Event Recovery Period or Contingency Event Reserve Restoration Period

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BAL-002 R2
Each Responsible Entity Shall review and update their Most Severe Single Contingency at least _______

Annually

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BAL-002 R3
Each Responsible Entity shall restore their Contingency Reserve to at least a level ________ before the end of its __________ after a Balancing Contingency Event

Most Severe Single Contingency

Contingency Reserve Recovery Period

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BAL-002 R3
A Balancing Contingency Event that happens to occur during the Contingency Reserve Recovery Period has what effect on the Contingency Reserve Recovery Period time frame?

Resets the time requirement to recover contingency reserve

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BAL-003-2 R1:
NERC assigns each BA a Frequency Response Obligation (FRO). Each BA must prove that their Frequency Response Measure (FRM) is equal to or less than the FRO assigned by NERC.

Therefore, as per above: (BAL-003-2 R2)
What part of the ACE equation must the BA set as less than (more negative) or equal to the FRO assigned by NERC so they don’t in trouble?

Frequency Bias

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BAL-003 R3
If a BA is NOT receiving Overlap Regulation Service, and has a variable frequency bias, what must the frequency bias be set to at all times?

< 0 at all times
= or < Frequency Response Obligation (FRO) any time frequency deviates from 60 hz > dead band (+/- .036)

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BAL-003 R4
A Balancing Authority (BA) that is performing Overlap Regulation Service shall modify its Frequency Bias Setting in ACE to be equal to:

The Sum of all participating BA’s bias settings

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BAL-005-1 R1
The Balancing Authority shall use a designated scan rate of no more than _____ seconds to calculate Reporting ACE

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BAL-005-1 R2
A Balancing Authority that is unable to calculate Reporting ACE for more than _____ consecutive minutes shall notify its Reliability Coordinator within ____ minutes of ACE becoming unavailable.

30 consecutive minutes

45 minutes from beginning of outage

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BAL-005-1 R3
Each Balancing Authority shall use frequency metering equipment for the calculation of Reporing ACE:
3.1 - That is available a minimum of _______ for each calendar year
AND
3.2 - with a minimum of _______ Hz accuracy

Minimum 99.95% of each year
AND
.001 Hz accuracy

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BAL-005-1 R4
The Balancing Authority shall make available to the operator information associated with _______

Reporting ACE including, but not limited to, quality flags indicating missing or invalid data

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BAL-005-1 R5 Each Balancing Authority's system used to calculate Reporting ACE shall be available a minimum of _______ of the year

99.5%

BAL-005-1 R7 Each Balancing Authority shall ensure each Tie-line, Pseudo-Tie, and Dynamic Schedule with an Adjacent BA is equipped with: 7.1 - A _________ to provide information to both BA to use in the ___________ of ACE 7.2 - An agreed upon _________ to determine MW-hrs

7.1 - common source / Calculation 7.2 - Time Synchronized common source

BAL-005-1 R3 Rationale _____ is the basic measurement of interconnection health

Frequency

COM-001-3 R1 Each Reliability Coordinator shall have communications with:

Their area's Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities. Adjacent Reliability Coordinators.

COM-001-3 R2 Each Reliability Coordinator shall have backup communications with:

Their area's Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities. Adjacent Reliability Coordinators.

COM-001-3 R3 Each Transmission Operator shall have communications with:

Reliability Coordinator Balancing Authorities / Distribution Providers / Generator Operators in transmission area Adjacent Transmission Operators synced or asynchronous

COM-001-3 R4 Each Transmission Operator shall have backup communications with:

Reliability Coordinator Balancing Authorities in transmission area Adjacent Transmission Operators synced or asynchronous

COM-001-3 R5 Each Balancing Authority shall have communications with:

Reliability Coordinator Transmission Operators Distribution Providers Generator Operators Adjacent Balancing Authority

COM-001-3 R6 Each Balancing Authority Shall have backup communications with:

Reliability Coordinator Transmission Operator Adjacent Balancing Authority

COM-001-3 R7 Each Distribution Provider shall have comms with

Balancing Authority Transmission Operator

COM-001-3 R8 Each Generator Operator shall have comms with

Balancing Authority Transmission Operator

COM-001-3 R9 Each Reliability Coordinator, Balancing Authority, and Transmission Operator shall test their backup communications at least once every __________

Calendar Year

COM-001-3 R9 Each Reliability Coordinator, Balancing Authority, and Transmission Operator shall correct a failed backup communication system within _________ time

2 hours

COM-001-3 R10-R11 In the event of communications failure, the Responsible Entity shall notify all affected entities within _____ time of detected failure that lasts ______ time or longer.

notify within 60 minutes of failure that lasts for 30 minutes or longer

COM-001-3 R12-R13 In addition to external communications, all entities shall have _______ _______. This includes communications between Control Centers within the same _____ _____ and/or Control Centers and field personnel.

Internal communications Functional Entity

COM-002-4 R1 Each Balancing Authority, Reliability Coordinator, and Transmission Operator shall develop documented communication protocols for its operating personnel that issue and receive ________ _________

Operating Instructions

COM-002-4 R1 1.1 Communication protocols require the use of the _________ language, unless agreed otherwise.

English

COM-002-4 R1 1.4 In the event an Operating Instruction is issued to multiple people at the same time, who must repeat the instruction back?

At least one person

COM-002-4 R2-R3 What must an operator have before receiving or issuing an operator instruction?

Initial communications training

COM-002-4 R1 1.2 Describe the steps for issuing an operating instruction

Issue instruction Listen to instruction repeated back Confirm or re-issue instruction Seek alternate method if person cannot repeat back

COM-002-4 R1 1.3 Describe the steps for receiving an Operating Instruction

Listen to Instruction Request them to repeat instruction if necessary Repeat, not necessarily verbatim, the Instruction Listen for confirmation

COM-002-4 R4 Each Balancing Authority, Reliability Coordinator, and Transmission Operator shall do what every 12 months to their communications program?

Assess adherence of personnel Provide feedback to personnel Assess effectiveness of program

COM-002-4 R5,R6,R7 How does issuing or receiving an Operating Instruction change during an emergency?

It doesn't. The penalty for violation of protocol just goes up.

EOP-004-4 R1 Each Responsible Entity shall have an event reporting Operating Plan that includes protocols for reporting to

NERC and/or others

EOP-004-4 R2 Each Responsible Entity shall report events to specified entities in their EOP by the later of _______ or _______

24 hours or the end of the next business day

Event Type: Damage or destruction of a facility Threshold for Reporting (Both Types):

Damage or destruction of a Facility within its Reliability Coordinator Area, Balancing Authority Area or Transmission Operator Area that results in action(s) to avoid a BES Emergency. OR ANY type for damage that is suspected to be from intentional human action.

Event Type: Physical threats to its Facility Threshold for Reporting:

Physical threat to its Facility excluding weather or natural disaster related threats, which has the potential to degrade the normal operation of the Facility. OR Suspicious device or activity at its Facility.

Event Type: Physical threats to its BES control center Threshold for Reporting:

Physical threat to its BES control center, excluding weather or natural disaster related threats, which has the potential to degrade the normal operation of the control center. OR Suspicious device or activity at its BES control center.

Event Type: Public appeal for load reduction resulting from a BES Emergency Threshold for Reporting:

Public appeal for load reduction to maintain continuity of the BES.

Event Type: System-wide voltage reduction resulting from a BES Emergency Threshold for Reporting:

System-wide voltage reduction of 3% or more

Event Type: Firm load shedding resulting from a BES Emergency Threshold for Reporting:

Firm load shedding ≥ 100 MW (manual or automatic)

Event Type: BES Emergency resulting in voltage deviation on a Facility Threshold for Reporting:

A voltage deviation of =/> 10% of nominal voltage sustained for ≥ 15 continuous minutes

EOP-004-4 Event Type: Uncontrolled loss of firm load resulting from a BES Emergency Threshold for Reporting:

Uncontrolled loss of firm load for ≥ 15 minutes from a single incident: ≥ 300 MW for entities with previous year’s peak demand ≥ 3,000 MW OR ≥ 200 MW for all other entities

Event Type: System separation (islanding) Threshold for Reporting:

Each separation resulting in an island ≥ 100 MW

Event Type: Generation loss Threshold for Reporting:

Total generation loss, within one minute, of: ≥ 2,000 MW in the Eastern, Western, or Quebec Interconnection OR ≥ 1,400 MW in the ERCOT Interconnection Generation loss will be used to report Forced Outages not weather patterns or fuel supply unavailability for dispersed power producing resources.

Event Type: Complete loss of off-site power to a nuclear generating plant (grid supply) Threshold for Reporting:

Complete loss of off-site power (LOOP) affecting a nuclear generating station per the Nuclear Plant Interface Requirements

Event Type: Transmission loss Threshold for Reporting:

Unexpected loss within its area, contrary to design, of three or more BES Facilities caused by a common disturbance (excluding successful automatic reclosing).

Event Type: Unplanned evacuation of its BES control center Threshold for Reporting:

Unplanned evacuation from its BES control center facility for 30 continuous minutes or more.

Event Type: Complete loss of Interpersonal Communication and Alternative Interpersonal Communication capability at its staffed BES control center Threshold for Reporting:

Complete loss of Interpersonal Communication and Alternative Interpersonal Communication capability affecting its staffed BES control center for 30 continuous minutes or more.

Event Type: Complete loss of monitoring or control capability at its staffed BES control center Threshold for Reporting:

Complete loss of monitoring or control capability at its staffed BES control center for 30 continuous minutes or more.

EOP-005-3 R1 Each Transmission Operator shall develop and implement a Blackstart restoration plan approved by its _________

Reliability Coordinator

EOP-005-3 R1 1.2 Transmission Operators shall include in their restoration procedures / protocols mutually agreed upon methods for restoring off-site power to __________ including priority of restoration.

Nuclear Power Plants

EOP-005-3 R1 1.5 Identification of _______ paths and initial switching requirements between Blackstart Resocurces must be called out in emergency restoration procedures

Cranking

EOP-005-3 R2 Transmission Operators shall provide entities identified in its approved restoration plan any changes to their roles and tasks prior to ________

the effective date of the plan

EOP-005-3 R3 Each Transmission Operator shall review its restoration plan and submit it to the Reliability Coordinator _____ on a mutually agreed, predetermined schedule

Annually

EOP-005-3 R4 Each Transmission Operator shall submit its revised restoration plan to its Reliability Coordinator for approval, when the revision would change its ability to implement its restoration plan, as follows:

Within 90 days of an unplanned permanent BES modification OR prior to a planned modification

EOP-005-3 R5 Each Transmission Operator shall have a copy of the approved restoration plan where?

Primary and Backup control rooms

EOP-005-3 R6 Each Transmission Operator shall verify through analysis, simulations, or testing that their restoration plan is correct at least every ________ years

EOP-005-3 R7 Each Transmisison Operator, as part of Blackstart planning, shall verify: 6.1 ) The capability of Blackstart resources to meet the real and reactive power requirements of the ______ ______ and the dynamic capability to supply initial _______

Cranking Paths Loads

EOP-005-3 R7 Each Transmisison Operator, as part of Blackstart planning, shall verify: 6.2 ) The location and magnitude of Loads required to control ________ and _______ within acceptable operating limits

Voltage and Frequency

EOP-005-3 R7 Each Transmisison Operator, as part of Blackstart planning, shall verify: 6.3 ) The capability of _________ resources to control voltages and frequency within acceptable limits

Generation

EOP-005-3 R7 Transmission Operators shall have Blackstart Resources tested at least every _______.

3 Years

EOP-005-3 R7 7.2 Blackstart resource testing specifications require the resource to be tested while the unit is under what conditions?

Isolated with no support from the BES or when designed to remain energized without connection to the remainder of the system.

EOP-005-3 R7 7.3 The Transmission Operator is required to specify the minimum _________ a Blackstart resource is to be tested for.

Duration

EOP-005-3 R7 7.2 Blackstart resource testing specifications require the resource to __________ a _______ , if possible. Alternatively, the operator must at least affirm the unit has the capability to do so.

Energize a bus

EOP-005-3 R8 Each Transmission Operator shall conduct System restoration training with its operators at least _________

Annually

EOP-005-3 R9 Transmission Operators, Transmission Owners, and Distribution Providers shall provide at least ______ hours of system restoration training at least every _____ years to field switching personnel

Two Two

EOP-005-3 R10 Each Transmission Operator shall participate in its Reliablility Coordinator's restoration drills at least ________ with its Reliability Coordinator

As Requested

EOP-005-3 R11 Each Transmission Operator and Generator Operator shall have written ________ or mutually agreed upon ______ and ______

Blackstart Resource Agreements Procedures and Protocols

EOP-005-3 R12 Each Generator Operator with a Blackstart Resource shall have documented _________ for starting each Blackstart Resource

Procedures

EOP-005-3 R13 When must a Generator Operator notify the Transmission Operator about issues with a Blackstart Resource?

Within 24 hours

EOP-005-3 R14 When must a Generator Operator provide Blackstart test results?

Within 30 days of test

EOP-005-3 R15 Each Generator Operator must provide Blackstart resource startup training to its personnel. The personnel must be provided a minimum of ______ hours training at least every _____ years

Two Two

EOP-005-3 R16 Each Generator Operator shall participate in its Reliablility Coordinator's restoration drills at least ________ with its Reliability Coordinator

As Requested

EOP-006-3 R1 The Reliability Coordinators Blackstart restoration plan is a ____-_____ strategy

High-Level

EOP-006-3 R1 The Reliability Coordinators restoration plan shall include the criteria and conditions for re-establishing __________ with Transmision Operators and other Reliability Coordinators

Interconnection

EOP-006-3 R1 At the conclusion of a system restoration plan the Reliability Coordinator transfers ________ and _______ back to the Balancing Authority

operations and authority

EOP-006-3 R2 The Reliability Coordinator shall distribute its most recent restoration plan to Transmission Operators and adjacent Reliability Coordinators within ______

30 days

EOP-006-3 R3 Reliabilty Coordinators shall review its own restoration plan within at least _______ of the last review date

13 months

EOP-006-3 R4 Each Reliability Coordinator shall review its neighboring Reliability Coordinator’s restoration plans and provide written notification of any conflicts discovered during that review within ______ days of receipt.

EOP-006-3 R4 If a Reliability Coordinator finds conflicts between its restoration plans and any of its neighbors, the conflicts shall be resolved within ______ days of receipt of written notification.

EOP-006-3 R5 The Reliability Coordinator shall review the restoration plans of Transmission operators for ______ and _______ with their own and other Transmission Operators in the area

Coordination and Compatibility

EOP-006-3 R5 The Reliability Coordinator shall provide notification to the Transmission Operator of approval or disapproval, with stated reasons, of the Transmission Operator’s submitted restoration plan within ____ following the receipt of the restoration plan from the Transmission Operator.

30 days

EOP-006-3 R6 Each Reliabiliy Coordinator shall a keep copy of its restoration plan and all Transmission Operator restoration plans _______

in its primary and backup control center

EOP-006-3 R7 Each Reliability Coordinator shall provide restoration training to its system operators _______. This training shall address coordination and re-establishing the interconnection.

Annually

EOP-006-3 R8 Each Reliabiliy Coordinator shall conduct ________ system restoration drills per calendar year with Transmission Operators and Generator Operators

Two

EOP-008-2 R1 Each Reliability Coordinator, Balancing Authority, and Transmission Operator shall have a current _______ to maintain operations in the event of primary control center failure.

Operating Plan

EOP-008-2 R2 Each Reliability Coordinator, Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator shall have a dated, current, and in effect copy of its Operating Plan for backup functionality located _____

In primary and backup control center

EOP-008-2 R3,R4 Each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority shall have a backup _______

Control center

EOP-008-2 R5 Each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority shall review and approve a backup control Operating Plan ______

Annually

EOP-008-2 R6 Each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority shall have a backup and primary control center that function __________

Independently

EOP-008-2 R7 Each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority shall conduct a loss of primary control center test at least ______

Annually

EOP-008-2 R7 Each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority shall document these two things as part of loss of control center testing: The _____ time between loss of primary and full implementation of backup control center That backup control center can be operated for a minimum of _______ hours

Transition time 2 hours

EOP-008-2 R5 Each Reliability Coordinator, Transmission Operator, and Balancing Authority experiencing a loss of primary or backup control center functionality lasting, or anticipated to last, greater than _______ shall notify its Regional Entity within _____ showing how primary or backup control will be restored.

6 months

EOP-010-1 Background Geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) events have the potential to adversely impact the ______operation of interconnected transmission systems

Reliabile

EOP-010-1 Background During a GMD event, geomagnetically-induced currents (GIC) may cause transformer ______ or damage

Hot-spot heating

EOP-010-1 Background During a GMD event, geomagnetically-induced currents (GIC) may cause ______ of Reactive Power sources

loss

EOP-010-1 Background During a GMD event, geomagnetically-induced currents (GIC) may cause _______ Reactive Power demand

increased

EOP-010-1 Background During a GMD event, geomagnetically-induced currents (GIC) may cause Protection System ________

Misoperation

EOP-010-1 R1 / R3 Each Reliability Coordinator and Transmission Operator shall develop, maintain, and implement a GMD _________ plan that coordinates GMD Operating ________ within its area of responsibility

Operating Procedures

EOP-010-1 R1 1.1 / 1.2 At a minimum, the Reliability Coordinator GMD Operating Plan shall include: 1.1 A description of activities designed to ______ the effects of GMD events 1.2 A process for the Reliability Coordinator to review the GMD Operating Procedures or Operating Processes of _______

Mitigate Transmission Operators

EOP-010-1 R2 Each ______ shall disseminate forecasted and current space weather information to functional entities identified in the GMD operating plan

Reliability Coordinator

EOP-010-1 R4 At a minimum, each Transmission Operator's GMD operating procedure shall contain: - Steps to receive ______ weather information - System Operator actions to be ________ based on predetermined conditions - The conditions for ________ the procedure

Space taken terminating

EOP-011-2 R1 Each Transmission Operator shall develop and maintain one or more _________ reviewed Emergency Operating Plans

Reliability Coordinator

EOP-011-2 R1 Transmission Operators shall have plans to mitigate emergencies by: _______ of the Reliability Coordinator

Notification

EOP-011-2 R1 Transmission Operators shall have plans to mitigate emergencies by: _________ of transmission and generator outages

Cancellation

EOP-011-2 R1 Transmission Operators shall have plans to mitigate emergencies by: Transmission System _________

Reconfiguration

EOP-011-2 R1 Transmission Operators shall have plans to mitigate emergencies by: ________ of generation request

Redispatch

EOP-011-2 R1 Transmission Operators shall have plans to mitigate emergencies by: _________ load shedding that minimizes overlap with ________ load shedding

Manual Automatic

EOP-011-2 R1 Transmission Operators shall have plans to mitigate emergencies by: Having provisions to determine the reliability impacts of ______ weather

Extreme

EOP-011-2 R2 Each Balancing Authority shall develop, maintain, and implement one or more Reliability Coordinator-reviewed Operating Plan(s) to mitigate _______Emergencies and ______ Emergencies within its Balancing Authority Area.

Capacity Energy

EOP-011-2 R2 If a Balancing Authority is experiencing an energy emergency they should request an _____ via their _____

Energy Emergency Alert Reliability Coordinator

EOP-011-2 R2 A Balancing Authority is responsible for managing their generating resources to address: - Capability and _____ - Fuel Supply and _______ - Fuel _______ capability - _______ Constraints

Availability Inventory Switching Environmental

EOP-011-2 R2 In the event a Balancing Authority does not have the _______ to match load demand the BA may issue a ______

Generating Capacity Public Appeal for voluntary load reduction

EOP-011-2 R2 A balancing authority can request government agencies implement their programs to achieve necessary ________ in the event of an energy emergency

Energy reductions

EOP-011-2 R2 In the event of an energy emergency a Balancing Authority can utilize ______ or ______ load, and demand response

Interruptible or Curtailable load

EOP-011-2 R2 Balancing Authorities shall have plans to mitigate emergencies by: _________ load shedding that minimizes overlap with ________ load shedding

Manual Automatic

EOP-011-2 R2 Balancing Authorities shall have plans to mitigate emergencies by: Having provisions to determine the reliability impacts of ______ weather

Extreme

EOP-011-2 R3 The Reliability Coordinator shall review Emergency Operating Plans of Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities within _____ days for Coordination, Inter-dependency, and compatability

EOP-011-2 R3 / R4 After Reliability Coordinator review of Emergency Operating Procedures, the Transmission Operator or Balancing Authority will have how long to make requested changes to the procedures?

Reliability Coordinator specified time frame

EOP-011-2 R5 Each Reliability Coordinator has how long to notify other affected parties after receiving an emergency alert from a Transmission Operator or Balancing Authority?

30 Minutes

EOP-011-2 R5 Who must the Reliability Coordinator notify upon receiving an emergency alert from their own area?

All Balancing authorities and Transmission Operators in their area. Adjacent Reliability Coordinators

EOP-011-2 R6 Each Reliability Coordinator experiencing a potential or actual Energy Emergency shall declare an _______

Energy Emergency Alert

EOP-011-2 R7 Each Generator Owner shall implement and maintain one or more cold weather preparedness plans for generating units. These shall include: Generator ______ protection measures

Freeze

EOP-011-2 R7 Each Generator Owner shall implement and maintain one or more cold weather preparedness plans for generating units. These shall include: ______ inspection and maintenance of freeze protection measures

Annual

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 An Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) may be initiated only by a _______

Reliability Coordinator

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 If a Reliability Coordinator receives a request for an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) they _____ issue an EEA alert if the request was valid.

must

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 When is EEA 1 declared?

All available generation is in use

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 When is EEA 2 declared?

Load Management procedures in effect

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 When is EEA 3 declared?

Firm Load interruption is imminent or in progress

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 At what EEA Level is the following BA at: The Balancing Authority is experiencing conditions where all available generation resources are committed to meet firm Load, firm transactions, and reserve commitments, and is concerned about sustaining its required Contingency Reserves.

EEA 1

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 At what EEA Level is the following BA at: The Balancing Authority is no longer able to provide its expected energy requirements and is an energy deficient Balancing Authority.

EEA 2

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 At what EEA Level is the following BA at: Non-firm wholesale energy sales (other than those that are recallable to meet reserve requirements) have been curtailed.

EEA 1

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 At what EEA Level is the following BA at: The Balancing Authority is no longer able to provide its expected energy requirements and is an energy deficient Balancing Authority.

EEA 2

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 At what EEA Level is the following BA at: An energy deficient Balancing Authority has just implemented its Operating Plan(s) to mitigate Emergencies.

EEA 2

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 At what EEA Level is the following BA at: An energy deficient Balancing Authority is still able to maintain minimum Contingency Reserve requirements.

EEA 2

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 During EEA 2 energy deficient Balancing Authorities have the following responsibilities: - Notifying other ________ and ___________

Balancing Authorities and Market participants

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 During EEA 2 energy deficient Balancing Authorities have the following responsibilities: - Notifying other ________ and ___________

Balancing Authorities and Market participants

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 At what EEA Level is the following BA at: The energy deficient Balancing Authority is unable to meet minimum Contingency Reserve Requirements

EEA 3

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 During EEA 2 Reliability Coordinators have the following responsibilities: - Posting the alert level and name of energy deficient Balancing Authority to RCIS website at upon ________

Request by deficient BA

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 During EEA 2 Balancing Authorities have the following responsibilities: - Updating status to Reliability coordinator every ______ hour(s)

One

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 During EEA 2 Reliability Coordinators and Balancing Authorities have the following responsibilities: - OTHER Reliability Coordinators and Balancing Authorities shall ___________

Share information on resource availability and coordinate relief as appropriate

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 During EEA 2 Reliability Coordinators have the following responsibilities: The Reliability Coordinator shall review Transmission outages and work with the ______ to see if it’s possible to ______ any Transmission Elements that may relieve the loading on System Operating Limits (SOLs) or Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits(IROLs).

Transmission Operators Return to service

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 Before requesting an EEA 3, the energy deficient Balancing Authority must make use of all available resources; this includes, but is not limited to:

All available generation units are online Activate Demand-Side Management withing provisions of any applicable agreements

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 At what EEA Level is the following BA at: The energy deficient Balancing Authority is unable to meet minimum Contingency Reserve Requirements

EEA 3

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 During EEA 3, Reliability Coordinators and Balancing Authorities have the following responsibilities: Reliability Coordinator shall evaluate the risks of revising ___ and ____ for the possibility of delivery of energy to the energy deficient Balancing Authority

System Operating Limits (SOLS) and Interconnect Reliability Operating Limits (IROLS)

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 During EEA3, who must agree before a Reliability Coordinator can authorize a reevaluation of a System Operating Limit (SOL) or Interconnect Reliability Operating Limit (IROL)?

Transmission Operator

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 During EEA 3, what must happen before a SOL or IROL can be revised?

Deficient Balancing Authority must have met all obligations, by taking whatever actions may be necessary to reduce risk to the interconnection. This may include load shedding.

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 When can an EEA level be downgraded below level 3?

When energy is made available to the energy deficient Balancing Authority such that conditions are returned to pre-emergency SOL or IROL condition.

EOP-011-2 Attachment 1 When can an EEA level be downgraded to level 0?

When Balancing Authority can meet Load and Operating Reserve requirements

FAC-008-5 On request, any Transmission Operator or Generator Operator shall provide information on equipment ratings to any Responsible Entity within:

30 days

FAC-011-3 R1 SOLs shall not exceed ________ ratings

facility (equipment)

INT-006-5 R1 / R2 Each Balancing Authority / Transmission Service Provider shall approve or deny each _____ Arranged Interchange or _____Arranged Interchange that it receives and shall do so prior to the expiration of the time period

On-time Emergency

INT-006-5 R1 Source and Sink Balancing Authority shall deny the Arranged Interchange or curtail Confirmed Interchange if they do no expect to be capable to support the _____ of the Interchange, including ____, throughout the duration of the Interchange

Magnitude Ramping

INT-006-5 R1 Each Balancing Authority shall deny the Arranged Interchange or curtail Confirmed Interchange if the scheduled path is _____

Invalid

INT-006-5 R2 Each Transmission Service Provider shall deny the Arranged Interchange if the _____ path is invalid

Transmission

INT-006-5 R3 Source and Sink Balancing Authorities shall approve or deny a _____ Adjustment Arranged Interchange within the time period

Reliability

INT-009-3 R1 Each Balancing Authority shall agree with each of its Adjacent Balancing Authorities that its _____ Confirmed Interchange is: -Identical in Magnitude -_____ in sign

Composite Opposite

INT-009-3 R2 Each Balancing Authority which contains a High-Voltage DC tie shall coordinate the Confirmed Interchange with the __________ _______ prior to implementation

Transmission Operator

IRO-001-4 R1 The Reliability Coordinator shall act to address the _______ of its area via direct action or by issuing ________

Reliability Operating Instructions

IRO-001-4 R2 Each Transmission Operator, Balancing Authority, Generator Operator, and Distribution Operator shall comply with Reliability Coordinator's Instructions unless they cannot be _______ implemented or unless such actions violate ______, equipment, regulatory, or statutory requirements.

Physically safety

IRO-001-4 R3 Each Transmission Operator, Balancing Authority, Generator Operator, and Distribution Operator shall inform the Reliability Coordinator of _____ to perform Operating Instructions

Inability

IRO-002-7 R2 Each Reliability Coordinator shall have data exchange capabilities, with ______ and _______ routed data exchange infrastructure within their primary control center.

Redundant Diversely routed

IRO-002-7 R2 Each Reliability Coordinator shall have redundant data exchange capabilities with which entities?

Its own Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities, along with anyone else it deems neccessary

IRO-002-7 R3 Reliability Coordinator shall test it's redundant data exchange capabilities every ____ calendar days. If unsuccessful it shall initiate corrective action in ______

90 2 hours

IRO-002-7 R4 Each Reliability Coordinator shall provide its system operators with the authority to approve ________ and ______ of its telecommunication, monitoring, and analysis capabilities

planned outages and maintenance

IRO-002-7 R5 Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of _______ _______ Schemes, and necessary ____-____ facilities

Remedial Action Schemes Non-BES facilities

IRO-002-7 R5 Reliability Coordinator shall monitor facilities, RAS, and non-BES facilities within it's area and the _____ area to identify ____ and _____ exceedances

Neighboring SOL IROL

IRO-002-7 R6 Reliability Coordinators shall have _____ systems that provide information utilized by the RC's operating personnel, giving particular emphasis to alarm and awareness sytems, automated data transfers, and synchronized information systems, over a _____ infrastructure.

Monitoring Redundant

IRO-006-5 R1 Each Reliability Coordinator and Balancing Authority that receives a requrest pursuant to a Transmission Loading Relief (TLR) procedure shall _______ unless ______

Comply with the request Unless the complying affects reliability

IRO-008-2 R1 Each Reliability Coordinator shall perform Operational Planning Analysis to allow it to assess whether the planned operations for the next day will _______

Exceed SOLs or IROLs

IRO-008-2 R2 Each Reliability Coordinator shall _______ in the event next day planning identifies SOL or _____ exceedances

develop a plan (or procedure or process if you want to use those words. I just use plan because all those words really mean the same thing) IROL

IRO-008-2 R2 Reliability Coordinator operating plans should take into account next day plans given to the RC by _____ and ____

Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities

IRO-008-2 R3 Reliability Coordinators shall notify _______ identified in its operating plans

impacted entities

IRO-008-2 R4 Reliability Coordinators shall ensure a real-time assessment is performed at least once every _____

30 minutes

IRO-008-2 R5 Each RC shall notify _____ , _____ , and _____ when real-time assessments indicate actual or expected _____

Transmission operators, Balancing Authorities, and other RC SOL or IROL exceedances

IRO-008-2 R6 Each RC shall notify TO, BA, other RC when real-time assessments indicate previously identified SOL or IROL violations have been _______

prevented or mitigated

IRO-009-2 R1 If during next-day planning the RC identifies IROL exceedances, the RC shall develop a plan: -That can be implemented in time to prevent ______ -To mitigate the _______e and _________n of IROL exceedances such that the IROL exceedance is relieved within the IROL's Tv

the IROL exceedance Magnitude and Duration

IRO-009-2 R2 RC shall actually implement their ______ to prevent the IROL _______

plan exceedance

IRO-009-2 R3 The RC shall act or _____ _____ ___ ____ so that the magnitude and duration of the IROL exceedance is fixed within the duration of IROL's ____

Direct others to act Tv

IRO-009-2 R4 In the event two RC disagree on an IROL or its Tv they are required to use the _________ value

Most Limiting

IRO-010-4 R1 RC shall have a document that specifies all data needed for planning and real-time monitoring / Analysis. -This includes provisions for _______ of protective system problems and Remedial Action Scheme status changes, and reliability degradation. - The ________ the data is required to arrive at, including ________ for data provided by others

Notification Periodicity , Deadlines

IRO-010-4 R2 RC shall distribute it's data requirements / deadlines to _______

any entities they want data from

IRO-010-4 R3 Any entity receiving a data request from the RC shall provide said data in a: -_______ _________ format, process, and security protocol

Mutually agreeable

IRO-014-3 R1 Adjacent RCs shall have plans in place for notification or coordination with each other. At a minimum the plan will include: -Criteria and _______ for notification - ________ shortages - ________ of voltage -Exchange of information including _____ and un______ outages -Provisions for periodic communication

process capacity control planned and unplanned outages

IRO-014-3 R2 Each RC will update its Operating Procedures, Processes, Plans: -Updated ______ -RC shall obtain written agreement with all other RC who is mentioned as taking _______ -Any RC mentioned above shall receive a copy within ______ of an update

Annually Action 30 Days

IRO-014-3 R3 Upon notification of an actual or expected emergency, the responsible RC will notify all other impacted ________

IRO-014-3 R4 In the event two RC disagree on the existence of an emergency, they shall ______

both act as if the emergency exists

IRO-014-3 R5 In the event two RC disagree on an emergency status, are both required to develop a plan to mitigate the emergency?

No. The RC who called the emergency has to make a mitigation plan if the two disagree.

IRO-014-3 R6 Two RC disagree on the emergency status. Both are in Emergency operation mode. The emergency calling RC has developed the plan to mitigate the emergency. Are both required to follow the plan that was developed?

Yes, unless the plan violates safety, equipment, NERC, etc etc

IRO-014-3 R7 If an RC requests aid from another RC, are they required to help?

Yes, provided the requesting RC has declared an emergency and no safety, NERC, etc etc is violated.

IRO-018-1 R1 Each RC shall develop a process to address the _______y of real-time data.

quality

IRO-018-1 R1 Each RC shall have a process to evaluate data quality. This shall specify: -______ for evaluating data quality -Provisions to __________ quality to the operator -_______ to correct issues with data quality

Criteria Indicate Actions

TOP-001-5 R1/R2 Each Transmission Operator and Balancing Authority shall act to maintain _____ of its AOR via own actions or ______ ______

Reliability Operating Instructions

TOP-001-5 R3/R4 Each BA, GO, DistP shall _____ with Transmission Operator's Operating Instructions unless safety/reliability/etc. Those above shall _____ the TO if they cannot comply

comply inform

TOP-001-5 R5/R6 Each TO, GO, DistP shall _____ with BA's Operating Instructions unless safety/reliability/etc. Those above shall _____ the BA if they cannot comply

Comply Inform

TOP-001-5 R7 Each Transmission Operator shall assist other Transmission Operators within its Reliability Coordinator Area, if requested and able, provided that the requesting Transmission Operator has implemented its comparable _____, unless such assistance cannot be physically implemented or would violate safety, equipment, regulatory, or statutory requirements.

Emergency Procedures

TOP-001-5 R8 TO shall inform RC and BA if they expect or experience an _______

Emergency

TOP-001-5 R9 BA and TO shall inform RC and other known impacted interconnected entities of planned outages and unplanned outages of ___ minutes or more of metering, control, monitoring, assessing, or communication equipment.

TOP-001-5 R10 TO shall monitor and obtain data to determine SOL ____

exceedances

TOP-001-5 R12 TO shall not operatre outside IROL in excess of ____

IROL Tv

TOP-001-5 R11 BA shall monitor area, including Remedial Action Scheme (RAS) status to maintaion ______-______-_____ balance

Generation-Load-Interchange

TOP-001-5 R13 TO shall perform a real-time assessment at least once every

30 minutes

TOP-001-5 R14 TO shall initiate its ____ _____ to mitigate a SOL exceedance

Operating Plan

TOP-001-5 R15 TO shall inform the ______ of actions taken to mitigate a SOL

TOP-001-5 R16/17 Just like the RC, a BA and TO will be given the authority to ____ planned outages and maintenance of metering, control, assessment, and communication equipment.

Approve

TOP-001-5 R18 TO shall operate to the ___ ___ parameter in instances where SOLs mismatch

Most Limiting

TOP-001-5 R20 R 23 Just like they have with the RC, a BA and TO shall have _____ exchange capabilities with _______ and diversely routed infrastructure between each others control centers

data redundant

TOP-001-5 R21 R24 Just like the RC, a BA and TO will test their redundant data every ____ days and take corrective action within ___ hours if redundancy fails

90 days 2 hours

TOP-002-4 R1 TO shall have _____ _____ that will allow it to assess if planned operations for next-day will exceed any _____

Operations Planning SOL

TOP-001-5 R2 In the event next-day planning show a SOL exceedance, the TO will develop a _____ to address the violation

plan

TOP-001-5 R3 TO shall notify other ______ that need to take action on an operations plan to mitigate a SOL

entities

TOP-001-5 R4 BA shall have a plan for next-day operations to address: -Expected _______ dispatch commitments - _______ schedules -________ patterns -__________ reserves

Generation Interchange Demand Capacity

TOP-001-5 R5 BA shall notify other _______ of their role in plans

entities

TOP-001-5 R6/7 TO/BA shall provide copies of their next-day plans to the ____

TOP-003-5 R1 R2 BA/TO shall have a document containing: -A list of _____ needed for planning and real-time analysis -How operators will be ________ of protection system operation, RAS operation, and reliability degradation -_______ of data required

data notified periodicity

TOP-001-5 R3 R4 BA/TO will distribute their data specifications to _____ entities who need to provide said data. _____ entities are required to comply with said 'request' in a: -_____ agreeable format, process, security protocol

all all mutually

TOP-010-1 R1 R2 R3 BA/TO shall create and implement an operating process to address the ______y of data needed. Process shall include: -______ for evaluating data -How the System Operator will be ______ of data deficiencies -_______ the System Operator shall take to address data issues

quality criteria notified actions

TOP-010-1 R4 TO/BA shall have an _____ that notifies the System Operators when a failure in the Real-Time monitor process has failed

alarm

TOP-010-1 Supplemental Real-time monitoring of the BES is the _____ function of the RC,BA,TO

primary

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