Low Voltage Alert - answerNotify management and station key personnel, defer
maintenance and testing, check availability of all critical reactive resources (for a
Reactive Reserve Check).
Heavy Load Voltage Schedule Warning - answerIssued 4 hours prior to Heavy Load
Voltage Schedule. Place caps in service, remove reactors from service, adjust
transformer taps for distribution, and ensure voltage regulators in service on generating
units.
Reactive Reserve Check (RRC) - answerCalled for during capacity deficient conditions,
or when a Heavy Load Voltage Schedule is expected. Respond to RRC within 5-10
minutes. Requested via all-call. Tracks three types of reactive reserves: unit MVAR
reserves, condensers/SVCs, and capacitor/reactor reserves.
Capacity Shortage Alerts - answerIssued a day ahead of a scheduled load period.
There are four alerts:
1. Unit Startup Notification Alert
2. Max Emergency Gen/Load Mgmt Alert
3. Primary Reserve alert
4. Voltage Reduction Alert
Unit Startup Notification Alert - answerPlace generating units in a state of readiness so
that they can be brought online within 48 hours in anticipation of a shortage of operating
capacity, stability issues, or constrained operations.
Maximum Emergency Generation / Load Management Alert - answerProvides early
alert that the system may require the use of PJM emergency procedures. Operating
Reserve Requirement is greater than scheduled Operating Reserve... Triggered when
Max Emergency Gen is called into operating capacity, or if Demand Response is
projected to be implemented.
Primary Reserve Alert - answerAlerts of anticipated shortage of operating reserve
capacity for a future critical period. Triggered when the estimated operating reserve is
less than the forecasted primary reserve requirement.
Voltage Reduction Alert - answerVoltage reduction action may be required in a future
critical period. Triggered when estimated operating reserve capacity is less than the
forecasted synchronized reserve requirement.
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