PJM Practice Questions And Answers With Complete Study Solutions

PJM Practice Questions And Answers With Complete Study Solutions A Heavy Load Voltage Schedule Warning is typically issued ___ prior to actual implementation. c. 4 hours The following would be considered non -critical plant load (Select 2) A. Office Area Air Conditioners C. Lighting During a Cold Weather Alert, PJM will take which of the actions D. Assume an unavailability rate for schedule generation When PJM issues a High System Voltage Message, the GO should have its units operate at: B. The lower end of their voltage bandwidth What would the reportable Emergency Reducible Generation be if the Generator Output is 400 MW, Economic Min is 225 MW and the Emergency Min is 175 MW C. 50 MW PJM can issue the Deploy All Resources Action for D. The entire RTO, specific Control Zones, or a subset of a Control Zone if transmission limitations exist PJM has issued a Minimum Generation Alert. Your current generation is 200 MW. The Economic Minimum is 150 MW and the Emergency Min is 125 MW. How much ERG should be reported for this unit? B. 25MW Which of the following steps would PJM take as part of initiating Conservative Operations? (Select 2) A. Perform job studies looking at the loss of multiple pieces of equipment as a single event C. Initiate additional off -cost operation to limit or reduce flows across critical interfaces The purpose of the Deploy All Resources Action is to instruct all generating resources to be on line and at full output ____ D. Immediately upon receipt of dispatch instructions Under the National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) there are two types of alerts: Elevated Threat Alert and A. Imminent Threat Alert What is the requested response time for members to reply to a request for SSR data? A. 10 minutes You are a Generation Owner with the following units. PJM has just requested a Supplementary Status Report (SSR). what do you report as your total "On Cost" Steam Capacity U1: ECO max, 145 - EMR max 145 Current output 140 U2 ECO max, 550 - EMR max 145 Current output 400 U3 ECO max, 400, EMR max 410 Current output 1095MW Why does PJM require an additional notification time of Unit testing 30 minutes prior to the GO/MOC performing the reactive capability testing? C. To allow PJM and TOs to make adjustments to system voltages prior to test When an outage requires verbal notification to PJM which PJM personnel should be contacted? B. Master Coordinator One of the leading causes of the 1999 Low Voltage event in PJM was ___ B. PJM's EMS at that time had only nameplate D -curve data for With whom does PJM share the results of generation reactive capability tests? A. The affected TO With the exception of intermittent resources, Over -excited (Lagging) test results are the values of MVAR output that can be sustained for how long? D. 60 min During the PJM Peak Period Maintenance Season whit is the max amount of consecutive days the outage can last? C. 9 When PJM requests a Reactive Reserve Check (RRC), how does the GO/MOC report limitations or restrictions on their unit which would prevent it from being able to follow it's reactive capability curve as recorded in eDART A. By notifying the effect TO What is the min time needed to submit a reactive capability test ticket via eDARt prior to performing the test? C. 3 business days A unit (or intermittent facility) will be considered as having passed their capability test and require no further action if their test results are within ___ of the stated limits D. 5% Even if no changes are made, MOCs/GOs must review and confirm their unit reactive capability via eDARt how ofter? D. Twice per year What is the penalty for units that do not meet their stated reactive capability during reactive capability B. There is no penalty When submitted expected capability for "new" units, what reactive capability should be used? B. Vendor supplied D -curves Which of the following statements would be considered as an implication from receiving power from an outside entity? B. Unintentional interconnection between the two areas Which of the following statements is correct concerning PJM assuming frequency of the restoration process? B. Whenever it becomes too much of a burden for any one transmission owner within the RTO Factors that help to determine the sequence of restoration of offline generation include: A. Unit availability D. Generation type Concerning the PJM requirements for critical Blackstart Generation, which of the following statements applies to the unit's capability to maintain frequency? (select 2) A. Picking up an isolated block of loads D. Dynamic offline testing of the unit's governor control Which of the following would be considered pre -tie preparations when interconnecting islands? (Select 2) A. Identification of the transmission line to tie areas together B. Recalculation of reserves C. Provide updated hydroelectric capability