QUIZ: Emergency Ops - Manual 13 - Final Assessment Flashcards
- Who is responsible for determining and declaring that an emergency is expected to exist, exists, or has ceased to exist in any part of the PJM RTO or in any other balancing area that is interconnected directly or indirectly with the PJM RTO?
a. MISO
b. NERC
c. PJM
d. FERC
c. PJM
- If PJM determines that the forecasted load in the PJM RTO falls below what margin of the output of the self-scheduled resources and the total normal minimum generation of all PJM scheduled resources, PJM implements that alert and possibly minimum generation emergency procedures?
a. 1000 MWs
b. 1500 MWs
c. 2000 MWs
d. 2500 MWs
d. 2500 MWs
- PJM schedules reserves on what type of basis in order to ensure that differences in forecasted loads and forced generator outages does not negatively impact the reliable operation of the PJM transmission system?
a. Current day
b. Day-ahead
c. Weekly
d. Monthly
b. Day-ahead
- PJM is responsible for declaring the existence of an emergency, and for directing the operations of the PJM members as necessary to manage, alleviate, or end an emergency.
a. True
b. False
a. True
- There are three general levels of emergency actions for capacity shortages. Which of the following is NOT an emergency action?
a. Alerts
b. Texts
c. Warnings
d. Actions
b. Texts
- The PJM emergency alerts consists of all of the following EXCEPT?
a. Maximum emergency generation/load management alert
b. Primary reserve alert
c. Secondary reserve alert
d. Voltage reduction alert
c. Secondary reserve alert
- The PJM emergency warnings consists of all of the following EXCEPT?
a. Primary reserve warning
b. Voltage reduction warning/reduction of non-critical plant load
c. Manual load dump warning
d. Remote load dump warning
d. Remote load dump warning
- Who is responsible for the issuing of EEAs via the RCIS?
a. Transmission operators
b. Reliability coordinator
c. Balancing authority
d. Distribution providers
b. Reliability coordinator
- What is the purpose of the maximum emergency generation alert?
a. To provide an early alert that PJM emergency procedures may be required
b. Price awareness
c. Voltage reduction
d. Event reporting
a. To provide an early alert that PJM emergency procedures may be required
- What is the purpose of the voltage reduction alert?
a. Alert members that a voltage reduction may be required during a future critical period
b. Force members to reduce load
c. Force members to reduce voltage
d. Force members to increase reserves
a. Alert members that a voltage reduction may be required during a future critical period
- All warnings and actions are issued real-time
a. True
b. False
a. True
- Within the PJM RTO, how many warnings are there for capacity shortages?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four
d. Five
b. Three
- Within the PJM RTO, how many actions are there for capacity shortages?
a. Three
b. Four
c. Five
d. Six
d. Six
- In order to warn members of the increasingly critical condition of present operations that may require manually dumping load describes what type of warning?
a. Manual load dump warning
b. Voltage reduction warning
c. Capacity reduction warning
d. Reserve reduction warning
a. Manual load dump warning
- The maximum emergency generation can only be included in the daily operating capacity when requested by PJM dispatch
a. True
b. False
a. True
- In the PJM RTO, voltage can be reduced at the distribution level by what percentage of nominal values depending on the area?
a. 1%-3%
b. 2.5%-5%
c. 5%-7%
d. 10%-15%
b. 2.5%-5%
- The implementation of emergency reducible generation curtailments is the responsibility of the PJM member. PJM should be notified if curtailment is expected to exceed what timeframe?
a. 5 minutes
b. 10 minutes
c. 15 minutes
d. 30 minutes
c. 15 minutes
- An alert is issued to prepare personnel and facilities for expected extreme cold weather conditions are called?
a. Cold weather alert
b. Warm weather alert
c. Freezing weather alert
d. Geomagnetic disturbance
a. Cold weather alert
- When scheduling for a period covered by a cold weather alert, PJM dispatcher may assume an unavailability factor for scheduled interchange that could range from what percentage?
a. 10%-15%
b. 25%-50%
c. 25%-75%
d. 50%-80%
c. 25%-75%
- An alert that is issued to prepare personnel and facilities for extreme hot and/or humid weather conditions which may cause capacity requirements/unit unavailability to be substantially higher than forecast are expected to persist for an extended period is called what?
a. Hot weather alert
b. Cold weather alert
c. Freezing weather alert
d. Geomagnetic disturbance
a. Hot weather alert
- Choose the company that doesn’t rely on natural gas-fired generation resources for a significant amount of their capacity.
a. PJM
b. ISONE
c. Hydro Quebec
d. NYISO
c. Hydro Quebec
- Geomagnetically-induced currents (GIC) are caused by what?
a. Earthquakes
b. Thunderstorms
c. Lightning
d. Geo-magnetic disturbances
d. Geo-magnetic disturbances
- Who cancels the heavy load voltage schedule when appropriate?
a. NERC
b. PJM dispatch
c. MISO
d. FERC
b. PJM dispatch
- The purpose of the IROL manual load dump action is to provide loading relief on IROL facilities as a last step to prevent exceeding an IROL limit for what time period?
a. 5 minutes
b. 10 minutes
c. 15 minutes
d. 30 minutes
d. 30 minutes