NERC

If a Balancing Authority does not comply with the Control Performance Standard, the Balancing Authority is not permitted to provide which of the following for any other Balancing Authority entities? correct answers Regulation of other services related to control performance 1. It is the obligatio...

What are three primary AGC control models? correct answers Tie-Line Bias, Constant Frequency, Constant Net Interchange When a balancing Authority's ACE is zero, what is true? correct answers The BA load-interchange-generation balancing while supporting Interconnection Frequency In a 3-phase A...

Area Control Error (ACE) correct answers The instantaneous difference between a Balancing Authority's net actual and scheduled interchange, taking into account the effects of Frequency Bias, correction for meter error, and Automatic Time Error Correction (ATEC), if operating in the ATEC mode. ATEC ...

1. If a 500 kV transmission line with a surge impedance loading of 800 MW is currently loaded at 1400 MW, which of the following events would most likely occur? a. Generator MVAR output would increase b. All system capacitors would trip off-line c. Generator MVAR output would decrease d. All a...

60 minutes correct answers According to Nerc Standards, an emergency interchange transaction can be exempt from tagging if it is less than_________________ 2 business days correct answers A BA or LSE that requests an EEA 3 must complete and EEA 3 report and submit it to the RC within how many day...

At what torque angle of operation does power typically begin to flow from the generator to the system? A) 90 degrees B) 60 degrees C) 30 degrees D) 10 degrees correct answers 10 degrees Choose the answer that best describes the operation of a rotor. A) The stationary part of the transm...

What entity balances generation and monitors/employs contingency reserves? correct answers Balancing Authority (BA) What entity has the widest system view and is the "supervisor"? correct answers Reliability coordinator (RC) What entity monitors transmission lines and operates tap-changers, ...

A misoperation occurred when an overhead ground wire on a 230KV transmission line between two substations broke and fell across A phase of the line. One of the line circuit breakers failed to open causing the breaker failure relay to pick up and as a result tripped the entire substation bus off line...

You are an external BA with a frequency bais of 20 MW/.1 Hz that sees a frequency of 60.02 due to a large loss of load in the contingent BA. If your generator governor control systems responded to the frequency deviation approximately how much of a generation change would you BA experience? correct ...

Adjacent Balancing Authority correct answers A Balancing Authority whose Balancing Authority Area is interconnected with another Balancing Authority Area either directly or via a multi-party agreement or transmission tariff. After the Fact correct answers A time classification assigned to an RFI ...

The Disturbance Control Standard measures a Balancing Authority's response to a rapid loss of _____________. demand for energy. interchange. ACE. supply of energy. correct answers supply of energy A Balancing Authority's largest single contingency is a unit rated at 1,000 MW. Which of th...

Operating reserve may be provided by which of the following? A. LTCs B. Capacitor banks C. Voltage regulators D. Interruptible loads correct answers D. Interruptible loads Which of the following is the responsibility of a reserve sharing group (RSG)? A. Complying with DCS as if it was a sing...