Power Systems Training Institute

Bangalore - 70
APPRAISAL - II

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Sl. No. Question Text Option 1 (A) Option 2 (B) Option 3 (C) Option 4 (D) Answer
(A/B/C/D)
additional
The owner of asset can capitalisation would last date for
last date for filing
1 What is the significance of Cut off date? start billing from that be allowed upto this completing all B
tariff petition
date date for a new project. expenditure.

What is the rate of depreciation for Land under free hold

2 5.72% 3.34% zero % 100% C
(full ownership)?
Present tariff regulations are valid for a period of
3 3 years 5 years 10 years 25 years B
-----------from 01.04.14
4 Expenditure towards initial spares is a part of _______ O&M charges Annual fixed charges Capital cost Working capital C

What is the additional return on equity allowed for timely

5 0.60% 1.00% 0.50% 0.75% C
completion of a project
Total energy Total drawal
Total energy schedule scheduled in the schedule of
Energy charges shall be payable by every Beneficiary as
6 Share allocation in the month on ex month on ex- beneficiary B
per
power plant periphery of the including all
beneficiary contracts
Slack bus of a Generator Bus is…….. Either a Generator Bus of highest fault
7 Generator Bus Load Bus B
bus or a Load bus level
Transmission Charges for Long Term and Medium Term
8 Open Access in ISTS are expressed in _________ Rs/MWh Rs/MW/Month Rs/MW/Day Rs/MW/Quarter B

What is the additional charge in case the deviation from

9 the approved injection / withdrawal is more than 20%. 30% 15% 20% 25% D

Which agency has been designated as the Implementing

10 Agency (IA) for computation of PoC Transmission CEA RPC NLDC CTU C
Charges?
Which of the following is/are included in approved
11 LTA+MTOA Only LTA LTA+MTOA+STOA LTA+STOA+DSM A
Injection / Withdrawal?
Who will certify the Non-ISTS Lines which are carrying
12 CEA RPC NLDC RLDC B
inter state power ?
For Grant of MTOA & LTA, when would the CTU notify
13 once every 6 months once every year once every 2 years once every 4 years A
TTC/ATC (as per procedures)

Bianually on 30th Annually on 31st

For Long Term Access applications requiring
14 Every three months Quarterly June & 31st December every C
augmentation, studies/planning would be done as follows:
December every year year

after permitting
after permitting after permitting after permitting advance, first-
For processing the Collective Transactions through Power
15 advance and first-come- advance transactions first-come-first-serve come-first-serve A
Exchange,margin available is
first-serve transactions only transactions and day ahead
transactions
Regional Power
16 Nodal agency for granting access to ISTS is CERC RLDC CTU D
Committee
PoC rates for short term open access are expressed in
17 Rs/MW/Month Rs/MW/Hr Rs/MW/Day Rs/ MW/Week B
_______
Connectivity after Connectivity after
Connectivity after Long-term access
18 The latest Regulations on Long-term access allows Medium-term Open Short-term Open B
Long-term Access after Connectivity
access access
Bulk Power
The name of the Agreement to be signed subsequent to Long-term Access Transmission
19 Connection Agreement Transmision A
getting connectivity from the CTU Agreement Services Agreement
Agreement
Which of the following applicants are eligible for grant of
connectivity to the ISTS
(a) A 250MW thermal plant
20 (b) A 50MW hydro plant a only a and b a,b, c a and c only B
(c ) CPP with house load =generation
(d) A renewable generator with aggregated generation <
50MW

concurrance of both
Whose concurrances are required for downward revision RLDC where the no concurrance RLDC & SLDC
21 all concerned RLDCs C
of STOA under unit tripping? generator is situated required where generator is
situated

Which of the following information is not required when

the regualtion of power is done by a generating company. Quantum and
Quantum and duration of denial
Amount of Outstanding
22 Source of power duration of reduction of medium‐term D
dues
in drawl schedule open access and/or
long‐term access

Who prepares the implementation plan of power supply

23 RLDC SLDC RPC NLDC B
regulation for a intra regional entity
System Operation charges from the sellers shall be Sum of Contracted
24 Turn Over Net profit Sum of allocations C
collected in proportion to their ____________ Cpacaities
System Operation charges from the distribution licensees
25 CERC RLDCs POSOCO SLDCs D
shall be collected by __________
As per the CERC's Notification for RLDC Fees and Equally from all
Charges, Market Operation Charges are recovered from Inter-State users except inter-
26 Power Exchanges Traders D
Transmission Licensees state transmission
licensees
 The Control period for which the RLDC Fees and Charges
27 4 years 3 years 2 years 5 years D
gets approved by CERC is ________
Pool Accounts refers to the payments regarding______
Either DC accounts
Unscheduled Reactive Energy
28 Congestion Charges or Reactive energy D
Interchanges Accounts Exchanges
accounts

The Control period for which the RLDC Fees and Charges
29 4 years 3 years 2 years 5 years D
gets approved by CERC is ________
Power System Development Fund comprises of Deviation charges Reactive Energy Congestion charges Deviation, Reactive
______________ charges and Congestion
30 charges D

Amount arising from the differences in the market prices Congestion charge Congestion amount Market Operation Market splitting
of different regions as a consequence of Market Splitting Charge charge
31 in Power Exchanges is refered to as B
____________________
Who is the Chairman of Managing Committee of PSDF? Secretary CERC CEO POSOCO Head of NLDC Representative
32 B
from Ministry
33 Deviation Charge is calculated as ____ Actual x Schedule Actual / Schedule Actual – Schedule Schedule - Actual C
What is the shortest time block for which deviation charge every 15 minute time
34 every day every 1 hour block every month C
is calculated? block.
What is the Weekly Settlement Period of Deviation
35 Tuesday to Monday Monday to Sunday Every Wednesday Sunday to Saturday B
Charges ?
36 Deviation Charge rate is specified in ______ Rs./VARH Rs./MW paise/kWh Rs./Hz. C
What is the Pf range in which Wind generators are to 0.8 pf lag to 0.9 pf lead 0.95pf lag to 0.95pf
37 0.8 lag to 0.8 pf 1pf lag and lead B
operate? lead
What is the minimum voltage at which WTG can
38 below 10% below 85% below 15% below C
disconnect under Fault Ride Through condition?
Which country has highest installed capacity of Wind?
39 Spain US China Germany C

Which of the following hydro generators are eligible for all hydro projects
40 Renewable Energy Certificates? less than 25 MW less than 10 MW less than 1 MW A
are eligible
Area A is connected to areas B and C. There is no
interconnection between Area B and C. The TTC from
Could be less than or
41 Area B to A is 1200 MW while the TTC from Area C to greater than 1900 MW 500 MW 1900 MW C
equal to 1900 MW.
Area A is 700 MW. The simultaneous import capability of
Area A would be:
Non-discriminatory open access to the transmission
42 system was mandated by law in the respective years in US 1979 and1991 1996 and 2003 1989 and 1998 1996 and 1998 B
and India
What is the correct relationship between TTC, ATC and
43 TTC + RM =ATC TTC+ATC+RM=0 ATC-RM=TTC ATC=TTC-RM D
Reliability Margin (RM)?
NLDC/RLDCs have been entrusted the responsibility of National Electricity Indian Electricity UI Regulations,
44 Electricity Act, 2003 D
identifying Ancillary Services as per: Policy Grid Code, 2010 2009
Residual amount in………….is to be used for providing Congestion revenue Reagonal Energy
45 Reactive Power pool DSM pool B
ancillary services. account Account
46 RECs are traded at: Power Exchanges NLDC SERCs CERC A
would be collected
Transmission charges for all ISTS licensees would be individually by
47 CTU NLDC RPC A
collected and disbursed by the licensees as billed by
CTU
The applicant for Connectivity need not make a fresh
48 application if there is a change in the power to be 50 MW 75 MW 100 MW 125 MW C
interchanged with the ISTS upto
For which of the following would, transmission LTA, MTOA &
49 LTA & MTOA LTA only Bulk consumer B
augmentation studies be required? STOA
Long-term,
Both long-term &
Only long-term Only medium term medium-term &
50 Fees and charges for the RLDC shall be payable by medium term C
customers customers short-term
customers
customers

generation,trading & Generation and

51 As per IE Act, Transmission licensee cannot engage in generation & trading trading only B
distribution Distribution

Power Exchange(s) carry out congestion management in

52 Counter-trading Market splitting Explicit auction redispatching B
Day Ahead Market using
53 Deviation Charges Account is issued every month by every Tuesday every Thursday every Saturday B
Which of the following is not a Designated ISTS
54 Generator STU/SEB Bulk Consumer ISTS Licensee D
Customer (DIC) ?
Which of the following type of generation as of now is
55 exempted for payment of POC charges for ISTS for its Wind and Solar Hydro Wind Solar D
entire useful life?
The Day-ahead market in Power Exchange is Mix of Capacity
56 Capacity based market Energy only market based and Energy None of these B
only market
The minimum volume tick for bidding in Power
57 10 MWh 1 MWh 0.1 MWh 0.01 MWh B
Exchanges is
Power exchanges shall be registered with ______ as its Inter-state
58 user. RLDCs NLDC RPC transmisison B
Licensee
System Operation charges from the generating stations Average of peak
weighted average of
59 shall be collected in proportion to their ____________ Installed Capacity Contracted Capacity demand met in the A
the month generation
month
Thermal generator >= All generators >= Thermal generator
The following would not be required to construct a 250MW and All generators >= 250 MW & Bulk >= 500MW and
60 D
dedicated line for upto point of connection with CTU hydro/renewables >= 250MW consumer of min hydro/renewables
50MW load >= 250MW >= 250MW