Stick School Questions

Question 1

What must a person who is issued an hold authorization understand?

Answer 1

They must understand the limitations of the authorization and obligations in accepting it as explained by TSO/DSO

Question 2

Who can release an authorization?

Answer 2

Only the person to whom they were issued to

Question 3

Authorization

Answer 3

Formal statement issued by SDGE control center or start engineer, fell out of work to be performed on SDGE primary electric system

Question 4

Immediately notify control center of incidents involving SDGE facilities, these include:

Answer 4

-Violation of an authorization or switching order
-any damage to SDGE facility equipment or property
-when unsure of damages or causes of damages, you are required to report incident
-Any damage to non-SDGE facility, equipment, or property that results from an operational event related to the SDGE electrical system

Question 5

What is the minimum score that a person can pass the authorization test with?

Answer 5

An employee must pass the authorization test with the score of 90% or higher

Question 6

What must you notify immediately to the control center?

Answer 6

Any injury that occurs to personal that has been issued in authorization

Question 7

What types of authorizations can be issued to personnel who are not on the authorization list and not employed by Sdge?

Answer 7

• A hold authorization
  -transmission inter company clearance authorization

Question 8

Can authorizations be transferred?

Answer 8

Authorizations cannot be transferred from one individual to another

Question 9

Can a person who has issued authorization leave the job site?

Answer 9

-anyone who accept an authorization is require a remain at the job site if you need to leave contact the TSO/DSO for instructions
-Exceptions are authorizations that we held overnight or extended period time

Question 10

When must an authorization be requested?

Answer 10

It must be requested after arriving at the job site

Question 11

When must an authorization be released?

Answer 11

Authorization must be released prior leaving job site as soon as it’s safe to do so unless you have received prior approval from control center having jurisdiction of the authorization

Question 12

What type of communication is required in authorizations?

Answer 12

Communication must be precise, specific, and professional when requesting, issuing, releasing or accepting the release of authorization so that there will be no misunderstandings

Question 13

What type of tags must be placed on isolation points?

Answer 13

Isolation points for inner company clearance and hold authorizations must be physically tagged with “danger tags” including whole numbers and log by a locking device if possible to prevent operation

Question 14

The personnel who request an authorization must:

Answer 14

-Understand the isolation & points & any limitations of the authorization & degree of protection it offers

-Execute work to limit the duration of any abnormal configuration

-Release the authorization as soon as safe & proper to do so

Question 15

Examples of OK authorizations:

Answer 15

-operate switches and breakers
-Energizer, deenergize, cables, transformers, or capacitors
-calibrate or test relays
-Wash energized equipment
-Replace aircraft, warning, lights near energize conductors
-Test denergize apply & remove grounds per jobs grounding plan
- EMS database changes that might affect an RTU
-Climbing inspections
-pumping underground vaults

Question 16

OK authorization

Answer 16

Formal statement that Grants permission to perform a field of activity that may affect the electrical system

Question 17

What is needed to perform work that may have an effect on electrical system?

Answer 17

A minimum of an OK authorization is required from the GCC or DCC prior to doing any work that might affect the electrical system

Question 18

Does an OK offer any protection?

Answer 18

Implies are offers no protection from energize, electrical equipment, including protection from reenergizing of the equipment

Question 19

What types of tags are required for field tagging?

Answer 19

Field tagging shall be done with an unnumbered “danger tag”

Question 20

Hotline order authorization

Answer 20

Grants permission to perform work on or near energized conductors with an insurance that the conductors will not be reenergized by the GCC or DCC in the event of relay action by the particular circuit protective relay

Question 21

What measures must be taken to ensure that the automatic or manual reclosing of the circuit will not occur?

Answer 21

-Switching automatic reloading’s out of service

-tagging the breaker control switch

-Tagging, supervisor control points as necessary

-Switching automatic closing relays out of service on service restorers

Question 22

Does a Hot line order offer protection from first contact with energized conductor?

Answer 22

A highline order is issued to a qualified person who is true is working on or near energize circuits, and assures true that if circuit trips, it will not be re-energize by the GCC or DCC until the qualified person who accepted the hotline authorization gives approval

It does NOT offer protection from first contact

Question 23

Can a test reclosure be made in a hotline order at any time?

Answer 23

A test reclosure cannot be made until the person who accepted the hotline order authorization gives approval

Question 24

If you in grounding work in a hold, what do you need?

Answer 24

All hold authorizations to perform granted work require an OK authorization to test deenergized apply and removed grounds per the job grounding plan

Question 25

When is an OK issued?

Answer 25

An OK is issued after accepting a hold authorization

Question 26

Can you name a device in a whole authorization that belongs to and is operated by another organization?

Answer 26

Is not permitted to name set device in a whole authorization if Sdge personnel do not enter that organization facility to lock and tag set device with a “ danger tag” and SdgE hold number SDGE DCC/TCC will notify true lead of status of equipment and authorization received from the other organizations operator

Question 27

Generation plants were SDGE employees are NOT allowed in

Answer 27

If SDGE personnel are not allowed into the generator facility to place SDGE locks and tags on the line disconnects at that, and then the whole authorization will only include the open, locked and tag lines at the end of the transmission line

Question 28

Generation plants where Sdge employees are allowed in

Answer 28

If SDGE personnel are allowed into the generator facility and place Sdge locks and “danger tags” with Sdge hold numbers on the line disconnects at the end the whole authorization will name the open, locked tagged line disconnects at both ends of the line

Question 29

What equipment is not permitted to be one of the name devices in a HOLD authorization?

Answer 29

-a substation transformer is not permitted to be one of the named devices in the whole authorization issued to a crew leader for performing work on the transformer

Question 30

What equipment is not permitted to be one of the name devices in a HOLD authorization?

Answer 30

A transmission line that ties to a generator to SDGE transmission Grid is not permitted to be one of the name devices in the old authorization issued to a crew leader for performing work on the line.

Question 31

Hold authorization

Answer 31

Is a formal statement from SDGE grid control or EDO personnel that assures that a change of state of a name device will not occur until the hold authorization is released

Question 32

Who assigns hold out numbers?

Answer 32

Grid control center

Question 33

How long can a holder number be issued?

Answer 33

Indefinite period of time

Question 34

When can a tag be removed?

Answer 34

physical tags are not to be removed until that hold authorization is released except when a tag must be removed to remove or replace equipment tag must reapplied to the new equipment in the same state (open or closed) has called for the authorization

Question 35

What is the format of a hold on number?

Answer 35

Each whole number consist of one through six numbers, the two digit year (“20” for 2020) , and the code of the issuing control center -GRID=HN1234-20GC -STA A= HN1234-20A -STA L= HN1234-20l

Question 36

What happens if an authorization is determined to be invalid?

Answer 36

If The hold number that authorization, it is tied to our both invalid, then the hold that number shall not be used again during the remainder of the calendar year

Question 37

Can hold out numbers be assigned more than once?

Answer 37

Hold numbers are signed in ascending numeric order and never repeated during a calendar year

Question 38

Can hold out numbers be assigned more than once?

Answer 38

Hold numbers are signed in ascending numeric order and never repeated during a calendar year

Question 39

Can you hold number be issued to more than one person?

Answer 39

Hold numbers are unique and are used to identify and track individual intercompany clearance and hold authorizations Only one person may be issued a specific hold number at any time

Question 40

Can a hold number be issued to more than one person?

Answer 40

Hold numbers are unique and are used to identify and track individual intercompany clearance and hold authorizations Only one person may be issued a specific hold number at any time

Question 41

How will communication be between the TSO/DSO and the person being issued authorization?

Answer 41

The person receiving an authorization will repeat the authorization backward for word as stated by TSO/DSO. TSO/DSO well acknowledge the repeat back was correct or repeat original name it to resolve any misunderstandings. (Three part communication.)

Question 42

What will a person who is accepting the authorization do if the response was incorrect?

Answer 42

They will request that TSO/DSO re-issue the authorization

Question 43

What will never be done in regards to authorizations?

Answer 43

Authorizations will never be knowingly, violated by ordering, performing or permitting any switching operation on any tag device even for purposes of establishing isolation point for a different authorization

Question 44

What will be done in terms of holdout numbers if more isolation points must be added to an order and the authorization has been issued?

Answer 44

-must sure no authorization is violated -If no isolation points in original issued hold are to be changed and only additional points are required -original hold will remain unchanged and in effect -Africa completing require switching of additional isolation points under direction of TSO/DSO an additional new authorization will be issued naming additional isolation points

Question 45

When can you release an authorization?

Answer 45

Upon completion of the work on the Sdge primary electric system and authorization will be released back to control center personnel who issued the authorization

Question 46

Can you have more than one authorization on a device?

Answer 46

-they can be issued if both authorizations do not conflict And -the only exception is if test voltage must be applied. NO authorizations will be issued to other parties within the same isolation points where the test voltage must be applied.