Communication Methods Questions for NERC Exams

Communication Methods (e.g. Three-Part Communication, RCIS)

6.b Communication Methods (e.g. Three-Part Communication, RCIS) 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 COM-001-3 and COM-002-4. 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 · Application

An energy deficient Balancing Authority in an Energy Emergency Alert 3 can again meet its Load and Operating Reserve requirements, and asks its Reliability Coordinator to terminate the alert. How must the other Reliability Coordinators be told?

A. Via a conference call with each adjacent Reliability Coordinator
B. Via the energy deficient Balancing Authority's own operating desk
C. Via a written report filed with the Regional Entity afterwards
D. Via the Reliability Coordinator Information System, to all of them

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Answer D Via the Reliability Coordinator Information System, to all of them

EOP-011-4 Attachment 1 has the Reliability Coordinator notify all other Reliability Coordinators of the termination through the RCIS, and separately notify the neighboring Balancing Authorities and Transmission Operators. The obligation is the Reliability Coordinator's, not the deficient Balancing Authority's, and it reaches every Reliability Coordinator rather than only the adjacent ones.

Reference: EOP-011-4 Attachment 1, EEA 3, section 3.4.2; NERC Glossary - RCIS

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