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Reporting Requirements

6.a Reporting Requirements is one of the 31 knowledge areas in the NERC System Operator Certification content outlines. It is worth 3 scored questions on RC, 3 on BT, 3 on TO and 3 on BI. It carries the same weight on all four exams. Grid Prep has 30 questions on it. In the bank, they most often cite EOP-004-4 and TOP-001-6. One is free below.

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Answer it before you open the explanation. On the exam there's no explanation, and you have about 77 seconds a question on RC and BT, 90 on TO and BI.

Question 1 · Analysis

Overnight, thieves strip copper grounding conductors from a fence line at a Generator Owner's switchyard, and normal operation of the switchyard is unaffected. Judged against the damage or destruction of its Facility event type, this incident is:

  1. A. reportable, because the damage came from intentional human action
  2. B. reportable, because theft of any Bulk Electric System equipment qualifies
  3. C. not reportable, because theft leaving normal operation intact is excluded
  4. D. not reportable, because a Generator Owner is outside the standard's scope
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Answer C not reportable, because theft leaving normal operation intact is excluded

The damage or destruction of its Facility row covers damage from actual or suspected intentional human action but states that it is not necessary to report theft unless it degrades normal operation of the Facility. Generator Owners are Responsible Entities under EOP-004-4, so applicability is not what decides this.

Reference: EOP-004-4 Attachment 1

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