NERC RC LATEST 2026 EVALUATION TEST QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is the minimum BAAL compliance score - ✔✔90%
✔✔ Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to
chargers - ✔✔8-12 hours
✔✔Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by
RC/TOP/BA deemed unsuccessful - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
✔✔2 hours
✔✔Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of
training to operating personnel responsible for startup - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance
recovery period) - ✔✔90 minutes
✔✔How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - ✔✔60
minutes/hourly
✔✔How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's - ✔✔60
minutes/hourly
✔✔TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs
updating how often - ✔✔60 minutes/hourly
✔✔Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ✔✔60 minutes/hourly
✔✔During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until
alert is terminated - ✔✔60 minutes/hourly
✔✔DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ✔✔60 minutes
✔✔BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far
beyond the resource loss - ✔✔60 minutes
, ✔✔Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the
modification - ✔✔60 minutes
✔✔If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔If AVR, PSS, or other voltage control device status changes from normal operation,
GOP must notify TOP within how long of the change (if it does not last longer than this,
no reporting necessary) - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability how quick - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔TOP should return from unknown operating state how quick - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system should be returned to IROL
within this time frame of exceeding) - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations how often - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Once BA/TOP notifies RC of emergency conditions, RC has how long to notify other
BA/TOP's and neighboring RC's - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Unplanned evacuation from BES control center facility is reportable by BA/TOP/RC
if it lasts longer than... - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Complete loss of communication (including backup) is reportable if it lasts longer
than... - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment outages of more than how
many minutes but be reported - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection interchange schedules - ✔✔20
minutes
✔✔When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they have how long to report to RC
- ✔✔15 minutes
✔✔Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE to 0 following a disturbance,
DCS) - ✔✔15 minutes
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔What is the minimum BAAL compliance score - ✔✔90%
✔✔ Common standard time period for station battery to handle outage of AC power to
chargers - ✔✔8-12 hours
✔✔Time to restore data exchange redundancy when redundancy testing by
RC/TOP/BA deemed unsuccessful - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔Transition period to backup control facility (fully functioning) - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔Annual testing of backup control facility must prove to be functional for this long -
✔✔2 hours
✔✔Every 2 years TO/TOP/DSP must provide how many hours of system restoration
training to field switching personnel - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔Every 2 years GOP's with blackstart resources shall provide how many hours of
training to operating personnel responsible for startup - ✔✔2 hours
✔✔BAL-002 default contingency reserve restoration period (following disturbance
recovery period) - ✔✔90 minutes
✔✔How often should BA calculate and record inadvertent interchange - ✔✔60
minutes/hourly
✔✔How often should BA provide MW-hour meter readings to adjacent BA's - ✔✔60
minutes/hourly
✔✔TLR procedure (identifying TLR level and actions to be implemented) needs
updating how often - ✔✔60 minutes/hourly
✔✔Hourly ATC for next 48 hours calculated how often - ✔✔60 minutes/hourly
✔✔During EEA2/3 the energy deficient entity needs to update the RC how often until
alert is terminated - ✔✔60 minutes/hourly
✔✔DOE-417 (disturbance reporting) should be completed by when - ✔✔60 minutes
✔✔BA with loss of resources must submit RFI with start time no more than how far
beyond the resource loss - ✔✔60 minutes
, ✔✔Sink BA should ensure interchange modifications are submitted how soon after the
modification - ✔✔60 minutes
✔✔If unable to calculate ACE for this long, BA must notify RC - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔ACE cannot exceed BAAL for how long - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔If AVR, PSS, or other voltage control device status changes from normal operation,
GOP must notify TOP within how long of the change (if it does not last longer than this,
no reporting necessary) - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔GOP must notify TOP of change in reactive capability how quick - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔TOP should return from unknown operating state how quick - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔IROL Tv should be less than or equal to... (system should be returned to IROL
within this time frame of exceeding) - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔RC completes RT assessments of SOL/IROL violations how often - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Once BA/TOP notifies RC of emergency conditions, RC has how long to notify other
BA/TOP's and neighboring RC's - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Unplanned evacuation from BES control center facility is reportable by BA/TOP/RC
if it lasts longer than... - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Complete loss of communication (including backup) is reportable if it lasts longer
than... - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Planned or unplanned telemetering & control equipment outages of more than how
many minutes but be reported - ✔✔30 minutes
✔✔Default ramp rate for Western Interconnection interchange schedules - ✔✔20
minutes
✔✔When BA unable to calculate ACE > 30 minutes, they have how long to report to RC
- ✔✔15 minutes
✔✔Default disturbance recovery period (time to return ACE to 0 following a disturbance,
DCS) - ✔✔15 minutes
