LF Energy Technical Advisory Council (TAC) Meeting - July 8, 2025
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Voting Representative Attendees
Strategic Member Representatives
- Art Pope - Google LLC
- Boris Dolley - RTE (Reseau de Transport dElectricite)
- Bryce Bartmann - Shell International Exploration & Production, Inc.
- Jonas Van Den Bogaard - Alliander
- Moïse Kameni - Hydro-Québec
- Sebastien Lussier - Hydro-Québec
- Yixing Xu - Microsoft Corporation
Project Representatives
- Antonello Monti - SOGNO Representative
- Clément Bouvier - OperatorFabric Representative
- Maarten Mulder - Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) Representative
- Sophie Frasnedo - PowSyBL Representative
- Travis Sikes - OpenDSM Representative
Non-Voting Attendees
Non-Voting Project and Working Group Representatives
- Alexandre Parisot - AI SIG Representative
- Alyona Teyber - Grid Vantage Representative
- Arila Barnes - Hyphae Representative, OpenLEADR Representative
- Benjamin Donnot - Grid2Op Representative
- Chris Xie - ORES (Open Renewal Energy Systems) Representative
- Christopher Atkins - TROLIE Representative
- Daan Van Es - OpenSTEF Representative
- Daniel Roesler - Connected Data Specification - Customer Data Working Group (CDS WG1) Representative, Connected Data Specification - Registration Working Group (CDS WG3) Representative
- David Chassin - Arras Representative, FIDOPower Representative
- Deandrea Salvador - NODE Collective Representative
- Eloi Bail - SEAPATH Representative
- François Mirallès - GridFM Representative
- Frédéric Didier - OperatorFabric Representative
- Gabe Hege - Battery Data Alliance Representative
- Gus Chadney - OpenSynth Representative
- Hugo Van De Pol - OpenLEADR Representative
- Jos Zenner - Digital Substations SIG Representative
- Marco Chiaramello - Dynaωo Representative
- Marco Möller - EVerest Representative
- Maxime Pelletier - Digital Substations SIG Representative
- Michael Stuber - Grid Edge Interoperability & Security Alliance (GEISA) Representative
- Nicolas Höning - FlexMeasures Representative
- Peter Salemink - Power Grid Model Representative
- Richard Lam - Grid Edge Interoperability & Security Alliance (GEISA) Representative
- Robben Riksen - Shapeshifter Representative
- Robert De Leeuw - EV Charging SIG Representative
- Romain Lebrun Thauront - FledgePower Representative
- Sachin Bhakar - covXtreme Representative, SC Decarbonisation Hub Representative
- Sander Jansen - CoMPAS Representative
- Stan Janssen - OpenLEADR Representative
- Stephen Suffian - Connected Data Specification - Power Systems Data Working Group (CDS WG2) Representative
- Thana Paris - CitrineOS Representative, EV Charging SIG Representative
- Thomas Van Dijk - Grid Simulation and Modeling SIG Representative
LF Staff
- Alex Thornton - LF Energy
- Alexandre Parisot - LF Energy
- Dan Brown - The Linux Foundation
- Jennifer Bonner - The Linux Foundation
- John Mertic - The Linux Foundation
- Michelle Roth - The Linux Foundation
- Yarille Ortiz - The Linux Foundation
Other Attendees
- Bruce Nordman
- Peter Mitri
- Robert Tusveld
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Agenda
- General Updates
- Annual Review: Real Time Data Ingestion Platform (RTDIP) #26
- Annual Review: Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) #8
Resources
Notes
John Mertic called the meeting to order at 8:03am PT.
Opening and General Updates
Mertic reviewed the antitrust policy and the agenda.
Mertic briefly reviewed the TAC project annual review schedule and project pipeline, reminding the TAC that there is a break until September. Mertic reviewed the project and SIG leader lists, noted a few changes in the project annual review schedule for the TAC and for SIGs, along with the SIG meeting schedule. Mertic gave an update on a few projects that are in progress, CityLearn, Global Granular Certificate Registry, and RTC-Tools. Mertic noted that Interconnect SIF is close to done and OneNet Framework is still in the process of moving to LF Europe.
Mertic reviewed the current status of the 2025 TAC Priorities. Mertic highlighted the current focus on project documentation audit and support, and reviewed future areas of focus. Mertic asked the TAC to provide feedback on the documentation audit/support issue, as well as ways to improve SIG support and interface to the TAC.
Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) #8
Maarten Mulder and Robert Tusveld presented an update on GXF, noting the project has stable contributor strength and commits growth. Mulder also noted that GXF would like to remain in the early adoption stage for the next year. Jonas van den Bogaard suggested connecting with the GEISA project leads, and took an action item to follow up.
Annual Review: Real Time Data Ingestion Platform (RTDIP) #26
Bryce Bartmann presented an update on RTDIP, noting that RTDIP is deployed globally and has two ongoing community building activities.
Marketing and PR Updates
Dan Brown presented a review of LF Energy marketing updates, including upcoming webinars and meetups. Brown highlighted the upcoming LF Energy Summit Europe, noting two demo stations are available for projects to participate in and to email Brown should they be interested in doing so. Brown also reviewed other 2025 LFE-hosted events, LFE Summit North America and OSPOlogy Live France.
Next Meeting Agenda
Mertic presented the agenda for the next meeting of the LF Energy TAC, scheduled for 2 September 2025 at 8:00 a.m. US Pacific Time/11:00 a.m. US Eastern Time/5:00 p.m. Central European Time.