NERC RC LATEST 2026 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔b. 25MW - ✔✔If you use a Dynamic Schedule that is less than or equal to 250MW,
how much does the average energy profile have to vary by in order to have to submit a
new or modified tag?
a. 10%
b. 25MW
c. 25%
d. 10MW
✔✔c. 300MW - ✔✔You are operating a system that has a previous year peak greater
than 3,000MW, what is the threshold for having to report a loss of firm load that last
more than 15 min?
a. 50MW
b. 150MW
c. 300MW
d. 1,000MW
✔✔b. 2,3,4 - ✔✔When designing Automatic Under Voltage Load Shedding schemes
which of the following must be considered?
1. Frequency
2. Rate of voltage decay
3. Voltage level
4. Power Flow levels
a. 1,2,3
b. 2,3,4
c. 1,3,4
d. 1,2,4
✔✔c. 10% - ✔✔When using a Dynamic Schedule and the energy profile in an hour is
>250MW and the actual hourly integration deviates from the hourly energy profile by
_______ the tag must be modified.
a. 50MW
b. 100MW
c. 10%
d. 25%
✔✔b. Current squared times impedance - ✔✔System losses that impact voltage are the
result of the following?
a. Current times impedance squared
b. Current squared times impedance
c. Square root of current and impedance squared
d. Square root of MW squared plus MVAR squared
, ✔✔b. 90% - ✔✔A Zone 1 relay is typically calibrated to protect what percentage of the
zone?
a. 10%
b. 90%
c. 120%
d. 150%
✔✔a. Shunt reactor - ✔✔If a 230kV line is loaded at its SIL and a parallel line trips, the
230kV line will display the characteristics of what reactive device?
a. Shunt reactor
b. Wave trap
c. Shunt capacitor
d. System inductor
✔✔d. Annually - ✔✔Each Reliability Coordinator, Balancing Authority and Transmission
Operator shall review and approve its Operating Plan for backup functionality, how
often?
a. Never
b. Monthly
c. Weekly
d. Annually
✔✔c. No One - ✔✔Operating personnel must have plans and procedures in place to get
permission from whom to shed firm load?
a. Shift Supervisor
b. Company Management
c. No One
d. Reliability Coordinator
✔✔b. 24 hrs a day - ✔✔Restoration services on critical telecommunications channels
should be available ________.
a. By the end of the next business day
b. 24 hrs a day
c. Within 12 hrs of a telecommunications channel failure
d. Within 72 hrs of the contingency occurring
✔✔a. Event Reporting Form or DOE-OE-417 - ✔✔According to NERC Standards, RCs,
TOPs, BAs, GOPs, and LSEs can submit a report for a sabotage event on which of the
following reports?
a. Event Reporting Form or DOE-OE-417
b. Event Reporting Form or DOE-EIA-407
c. DOE-OE-407 or EEA 3 Report
d. Event Reporting Form or EEA 3 Report
✔✔b. 50MWhr
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔b. 25MW - ✔✔If you use a Dynamic Schedule that is less than or equal to 250MW,
how much does the average energy profile have to vary by in order to have to submit a
new or modified tag?
a. 10%
b. 25MW
c. 25%
d. 10MW
✔✔c. 300MW - ✔✔You are operating a system that has a previous year peak greater
than 3,000MW, what is the threshold for having to report a loss of firm load that last
more than 15 min?
a. 50MW
b. 150MW
c. 300MW
d. 1,000MW
✔✔b. 2,3,4 - ✔✔When designing Automatic Under Voltage Load Shedding schemes
which of the following must be considered?
1. Frequency
2. Rate of voltage decay
3. Voltage level
4. Power Flow levels
a. 1,2,3
b. 2,3,4
c. 1,3,4
d. 1,2,4
✔✔c. 10% - ✔✔When using a Dynamic Schedule and the energy profile in an hour is
>250MW and the actual hourly integration deviates from the hourly energy profile by
_______ the tag must be modified.
a. 50MW
b. 100MW
c. 10%
d. 25%
✔✔b. Current squared times impedance - ✔✔System losses that impact voltage are the
result of the following?
a. Current times impedance squared
b. Current squared times impedance
c. Square root of current and impedance squared
d. Square root of MW squared plus MVAR squared
, ✔✔b. 90% - ✔✔A Zone 1 relay is typically calibrated to protect what percentage of the
zone?
a. 10%
b. 90%
c. 120%
d. 150%
✔✔a. Shunt reactor - ✔✔If a 230kV line is loaded at its SIL and a parallel line trips, the
230kV line will display the characteristics of what reactive device?
a. Shunt reactor
b. Wave trap
c. Shunt capacitor
d. System inductor
✔✔d. Annually - ✔✔Each Reliability Coordinator, Balancing Authority and Transmission
Operator shall review and approve its Operating Plan for backup functionality, how
often?
a. Never
b. Monthly
c. Weekly
d. Annually
✔✔c. No One - ✔✔Operating personnel must have plans and procedures in place to get
permission from whom to shed firm load?
a. Shift Supervisor
b. Company Management
c. No One
d. Reliability Coordinator
✔✔b. 24 hrs a day - ✔✔Restoration services on critical telecommunications channels
should be available ________.
a. By the end of the next business day
b. 24 hrs a day
c. Within 12 hrs of a telecommunications channel failure
d. Within 72 hrs of the contingency occurring
✔✔a. Event Reporting Form or DOE-OE-417 - ✔✔According to NERC Standards, RCs,
TOPs, BAs, GOPs, and LSEs can submit a report for a sabotage event on which of the
following reports?
a. Event Reporting Form or DOE-OE-417
b. Event Reporting Form or DOE-EIA-407
c. DOE-OE-407 or EEA 3 Report
d. Event Reporting Form or EEA 3 Report
✔✔b. 50MWhr
