NERC RC Exam times/percentages/values QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) | UPDATE for 2026/27 | GRADED A+
Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power
to chargers - ANSWERS 8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by
RC/TOP/BA deemed unsuccessful - ANSWERS 2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ANSWERS 2
hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
ANSWERS 2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ANSWERS 2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of
training to operating personnel responsible for startup - ANSWERS 2 hours
BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance
recovery period) - ANSWERS 90 minutes
, How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - ANSWERS
60 minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's -
ANSWERS 60 minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs
updating how often - ANSWERS 60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ANSWERS 60
minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until
alert is terminated - ANSWERS 60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ANSWERS 60
minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far
beyond the resource loss - ANSWERS 60 minutes
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after
the modification - ANSWERS 60 minutes
If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - ANSWERS 30
minutes
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) | UPDATE for 2026/27 | GRADED A+
Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power
to chargers - ANSWERS 8-12 hours
Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by
RC/TOP/BA deemed unsuccessful - ANSWERS 2 hours
Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ANSWERS 2
hours
Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
ANSWERS 2 hours
Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ANSWERS 2 hours
Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of
training to operating personnel responsible for startup - ANSWERS 2 hours
BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance
recovery period) - ANSWERS 90 minutes
, How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - ANSWERS
60 minutes/hourly
How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's -
ANSWERS 60 minutes/hourly
TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs
updating how often - ANSWERS 60 minutes/hourly
Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ANSWERS 60
minutes/hourly
During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until
alert is terminated - ANSWERS 60 minutes/hourly
DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ANSWERS 60
minutes
BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far
beyond the resource loss - ANSWERS 60 minutes
Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after
the modification - ANSWERS 60 minutes
If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - ANSWERS 30
minutes
