Electrical Restructuring Deregulation of Power System

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Restructuring of Power System in India

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1. Restructuring in the power industries aims to ? 

(a) Improve power generation capacity 

(b) To destroy the monopoly in generation and trading sector 

(c) Improve the transmission capacity 

(d) Improve the power system stability 

2. Electricity sector restructuring also popularly known as 

(a) Deregulation

(b) Destruction

(c) Regulation

(d) All of above

3. Deregulation is done due to ? 

(a) Increase private investment 

(b) Increase efficiency 

(c) Improve customer satisfaction 

(d) All of above 

4.“Deregulation is a restructuring of the rules and economic incentives that governing authority set up to control and drive the electrical power industry” is quoted by ? 

(a) John Grainger 

(b) William Stevenson 

(c) L.Phillipson and H.L. Willis 

(d) None of d) None of above

5. System Black out means? 

a) All power systems collapse

b) The entire system or larger part of power system may collapse

c) A small part of power system is collapse

d) None of above

6. Power system deregulation is expected to offer the benefits of ? 

(a) Lower electricity price 

(b) Better consumer services 

(c) Improved system efficiency 

(d) All of above 

7.The deregulated of electrical utility industry allow 1. Independent power producer to produce power 2. Independent distributor to distribute power 3. Single transmission system to transmit power? 

(a) 1-2

(b) 2-3

(c) 1-2-3

(d) None of above

8. The interconnected power system is considered natural monopoly in deregulated system to ? 

(a) Reduce the cost of transmission network

(b) Avoid duplicity

(c) Maintain easily

(d) None of the above

9. In vertically integrated electrical utility, The information flow is in between ? 

(a) Generation and customer

(b) Transmission/Distribution and customer

(c) Generation and Transmission/Distribution

(d) Generation, Transmission/Distribution and Customer

10. Which of these two entities are not present in vertically integrated electrical utility structure compared to deregulated electricity utility structure ?

(a) Generation and transmission

(b) Transmission and distribution

(c) Transmission and Customer

(d) ISO and market trader

11. Which of the following quantities flows in the same manner in vertically integrated as well as deregulated electrical utility structure ?

(a) Energy

(b) Money

(c) Information

(d) None of the above

12. The main function of generating companies (GENCOs) are ? 

(a) To generate and sell electricity

(b) To distribute electricity

(c) To transmit electricity

(d) All of above

13. The GENCOs sell electricity to ? 

(a) Transmission companies 

(b) Direct customer 

(c) Entities who have negotiated sell contract with them 

(d) Distribution companies 

14. The function of transmission companies are ? 

(a) Building transmission line 

(b) Operating transmission system 

(c) Maintaining transmission system 

(d) All of above 

15. The investment and operating cost of transmission line are recovered by ? 

(a) Excess charge which are usually paid by every users within the area or region 

(b) Transmission usage charges based on line flows contributed by each user 

(c) Both a and b 

(d) None of above 

16. The main function of distribution companies (DISCOs) are ? 

(a) Buy wholesale electricity through the spot markets through direct contracts with 

generation companies and supply electricity to the end user customer 

(b) Constructs and maintain distribution wires connecting the transmission grid to the end-user customers 

(c) Building and operating its electrical system to maintain a desired degree of reliability and availability 

(d) All of above 

17. Customer need to buy electricity from ? 

(a) Local utility company 

(b) Spot Market by bidding for purchase 

(c) Direct contracts with Generation Company or even from the local distribution company 

(d) All of above 

18. Market operator is an entity responsible for ? 

(a) Operation of electricity market trading 

(b) Hike in electricity price 

(c) Reducing operating cost of generation 

(d) All of above 

19. System operator is an entity which is entrusted with the responsibility of ? 

(a) Operate all the generating stations in reliable mode 

(b) Ensuring reliability, security and efficient operation of an open access 

transmission system 

(c) Operate whole power system 

(d) All of above 

20. ___________ is a power exchange in india ? 

(a) IEX

(b) NLDC

(c) RLDC

(d) CERC

21. ____________ is a system operator in india ? 

(a) RLDC

(b) NLDC

(c) SLDC

(d) ALDC

22. Aggregators is the entity which ? 

(a) Combine all transmission companies

(b) Combine customer into buyer groups

(c) Combine all distributors

(d) Combine all generator groups

23. Retail companies’ legal approval to ? 

(a) Buy retail electricity

(b) Generate electricity

(c) Shell retail electricity

(d) Distribute retail electricity

24. Power Exchange handles______________, which provides a forum to match electrical energy supply and demand based on bid price ? 

(a) Exchange of power

(b) Generation of power

(c) Transmission of power

(d) Electrical power pool

25. In 2005, Who dominated the electricity sector in india ?

(a) Government

(b) Private

(c) Government and Private

(d) Foregin

26. Who coordinates the electricity sector at center level ? 

(a) MNRE

(b) MoP

(c) DEA

(d) Other research institute

27. Which of the following is the central generating utility ? 

(a) CERC

(b) GERC

(c) NTPC

(d) None of the above

28. Who is the central transmission utility ?

(a) Power Grid Corporation

(b) Indian Power Exchange

(c) Indian Energy Exchange

(d) Indian Transmission Corporation

29. The central government is not involved in ? 

(a) Generation of electricity

(b) Transmission of electricity

(c) Distribution of electricity

(d) None of the above

30. Electricity regulatory body in india is ? 

(a) CERC

(b) GERC

(c) IERC

(d) BERC

31.Which of the following country start deregulation first in the world ?

(a) Europe

(b) Australia

(c) New Zealand

(d) USA

32. European Union starts deregulation in ? 

(a) 1999

(b) 2000

(c) 2001

(d) 1988

33. India starts deregulation in the year ? 

(a) 2001

(b) 2002

(c) 2003

(d) 2005

34. Ministry of power has research facility named as ? 

(a) CPRI

(b) ERDA

(c) NPRI

(d) None of above

35. Which government body is working for energy conservation in india ?

(a) IEE

(b) BEE

(c) GEDA

(d) None of the above

36. Which government body is working for standardization of products ?

(a) BE

(b) BIS

(c) BBS

(d) NABL

37. As per Electricity Act-2003, The generation of electricity is ? 

(a) Debarred

(b) Required licenses

(c) De-licensed

(d) Not clear form act

38. The captive generation is ________as per Electricity Act-2003  ? 

(a) Freely permitted

(b) Not Permitted

(c) Not possible

(d) Required licenses

39. Which of the following generation needs permission from central electricity authority as per Electricity Act-2003 ?

(a) Nuclear power

(b) Thermal

(c) Hydro

(d) Solar

40.With reference to EC Act-2003, Setting up State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) has been made_________  ? 

(a) Voluntary

(b) Mandatory

(c) As per requirement

(d) Not define

41. For rural and remote areas, ______________ for generation and distribution is permitted ? 

(a) Special feeder

(b) Stand-alone system

(c) Low cost

(d) All of above

42. Power system security means  ? 

(a) Security of power system when load unbalanced

(b) Practices designed to keep the system operating when the components fail

(c) Secure the all the generating station against the failure

(d) Secure the all the transmission line against the failure

43. Three major function of power system security  ? 

(a) Economical operation, Economical Dispatch, Load scheduling

(b) State Estimation, Economical Dispatch, Generation Scheduling 

(c) System Monitoring, Contingency analysis, Security constrained OPF 

(d) None of above 

44. Power system monitoring is usually done by ? 

(a) ETAP 

(b) SCADA 

(c) Matlab 

(d) PSPM 

45. SCADA means 

(a) Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition 

(b) System Control And Data Acquisition 

(c) Super Control And Data Acquisition 

(d) None of above

46. Contingency analysis are used to study ? 

(a) Load flow study 

(b) State Estimation 

(c) Economical operation 

(d) Outage events 

47. SCOPF means ? 

(a) Security Constrained Optimal Power Flow 

(b) System Constrained Optimal Power Flow 

(c) Supervisory Constrained Optimal Power Flow 

(d) None of above 

48. Which of this is not representing as operating state of power system ? 

(a) Optimal Dispatch 

(b) Post Contingency 

(c) Security Dispatch 

(d) State Estimation 

49. Optimum dispatch is the state that ? 

(a) The power system is in optimum condition 

(b) The power system is in prior to any contingency 

(c) The power system is in economical mode 

(d) All of above 

50. Optimum dispatch state is 

(a) Secure 

(b) Partially secure 

(c) Not secure 

(d) Not define properly