LF Energy Technical Advisory Council (TAC) Meeting - June 09, 2026

Voting Representative Attendees

Strategic Member Representatives

  • Antonello Monti - RWTH Aachen University (Chair)
  • Art Pope - Google LLC
  • Boris Dolley - RTE (Reseau de Transport dElectricite)
  • Sachin Bakhar - Shell International Exploration & Production, Inc.
  • Moise Kameni - Hydro-Quebec
  • Jonas van den Bogaard - Alliander

Project Representatives

  • Clément Bouvier - OperatorFabric Representative
  • Sophie Frasnedo - PowSyBl Representative
  • Travis Sikes - OpenDSM Representative
  • Maarten Mulder - Grid eXchange Fabric (GXF) Representative

Non-Voting Project and Working Group Representatives

  • Arila Barnes - Hyphae Representative
  • Chris Xie - ORES Representative
  • Daniel Roesler - CDS WG1 & 2 Representative
  • Gabe Hege - Battery Data Alliance Representative
  • Hugo van de Pol - OpenLEADR Representative
  • Eloi Bail - SEAPATH Representative
  • Frederic Didier - OperatorFabric Representative
  • Karl Yang - ORES Representative
  • Mark Nigge-Uricher - SAM Representative
  • Michael Stuber - GEISA Representative
  • Nicolas Höning - FlexMeasures Representative
  • Richard Lam - GEISA Representative
  • Hugo van der Zwaag - Shapeshifter Representative
  • Robert Tusveld - GXF Representative
  • Stan Janssen - OpenLEADR Representative
  • Thana Paris - CitrineOS Representative
  • Tony Xiang - Power Grid Model Representative
  • Kjell Petter Myhren - p-SWAMP
  • Robert de Leeuw- Edge Flexibility and Interoperability SIG Representative
  • Thomas van Dijk - Grid Simulation and Modeling SIG
  • Milenko Tosic - LFE-SEF Representative
  • Ricardo Bessa - AINETUS Representative

LF Staff

  • Alex Thornton - LF Energy
  • Alexandre Parisot - LF Energy
  • Dan Brown - The Linux Foundation
  • John Mertic - The Linux Foundation
  • Yarille Ortiz - The Linux Foundation

Other Attendees

  • Sebastien Lussier - Hydro-Quebec
  • Alexis Frémond - RTE
  • Bruce Nordman
  • Georg Hartner
  • Ricky Li - EcoPhi
  • Stefan Baumgartner
  • William Grison - RTE

Meeting Assets

Antitrust Policy Notice

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Agenda

  • Opening and General Updates
    • TAC member updates and annual review date reminders
    • Project Pipeline - PowerCore, GridMind, and Project Origin Updates
    • Security Audit Prioritization #408
    • Project Lifecycle Guide #823
    • LF Energy TAC Chair Election Update
  • New Project Proposal: Smart HEMS Benchmark #669
  • New Project Proposal: ReLife #762
  • Annual Review: CoMPAS #72
  • Marketing and PR Updates
  • Closing and Next Meeting

Notes

John Mertic called the meeting to order at 8:04 am PT and Yarille Ortiz recorded the minutes.

Opening and General Updates

Mertic reviewed the antitrust policy and introduced the meeting agenda.

Mertic reviewed upcoming meeting dates with the TAC noting that the scheduled July 14 meeting conflicts with a French national holiday. The TAC agreed to move the July meeting to the following week and eliminate the August meeting to prevent a large gap in scheduling.

Alexandre Parisot reported that the AI SIG is scheduled to meet to review Grid2Op and to kick off an AI Governance framework. Boris Dolley shared that the OSPO SIG is working on transposing an open-source readiness level to the energy and regulatory sector.

Mertic provided project pipeline updates, stating that EDDIE and RAVEN are scheduled to present in July. Mertic noted that PowerCore has stalled and will be removed from the onboarding process.

Mertic and the TAC discussed Project Origin, noting a lack of maintainer interest and organizational support. The TAC agreed to initiate an offline LFX vote to move Project Origin to Emeritus status.

Security Audit Prioritization #408

Mertic stated that the audit team has contacted four projects. He shared that the TAC is awaiting confirmation from Shapeshifter by the end of the week regarding their participation.

Project Lifecycle Guide #823

Mertic presented a new Project Lifecycle Guide designed to act as a supplementary resource to the standard lifecycle requirements. The TAC supported the guide, which will be published as a living document open for community pull requests.

LF Energy TAC Chair Election Update

Jonas van den Bogaard announced that both the TAC Chair and Vice Chair positions will be open for election in July, as he is transitioning to the Governing Board and his colleague Nico Rikken will assume a stronger tech role. Mertic and van den Bogaard encouraged interested community members to reach out or submit nominations.

A timeline for the election will be shared following the meeting.

New Project Proposal: Smart HEMS Benchmark #669

Ricky Li presented the Smart HEMS Benchmark proposal. Li explained that the project aims to create an open-source, reproducible, and vendor-neutral benchmarking platform for home and community energy management systems. The TAC asked questions regarding interoperability and documentation, and Mertic stated a vote would be sent via LFX for project approval.

New Project Proposal: ReLife #762

Alexis Frémond and William Grison presented the ReLife proposal. Frémond and Grison demonstrated the open-source Python library, which was built by RTE to optimize asset management and maintenance decisions. Mertic stated a vote would be initiated via LFX for project approval.

Annual Review: CoMPAS #72

Stefan Baumgartner presented the CoMPAS annual review. Baumgartner reported the project provides a vendor-agnostic ecosystem for IEC 61850 profile configuration and has grown to five TSC members. Baumgartner requested to advance the project from Incubation to Early Adoption, noting they only have one remaining requirement for the OpenSSF Silver Badge. The TAC agreed to initiate an LFX vote for Early Adoption, contingent upon the project achieving the Silver Badge.

Marketing and PR Updates

Dan Brown shared marketing updates, announcing the LF Energy Summit agenda will be published on Monday and speakers will be notified by the end of the week. Ortiz reminded attendees to save the date for the joint Board and TAC meeting at the LF Energy Summit.

Closing and Next Meeting

Mertic presented the agenda for the next meeting of the LF Energy TAC, scheduled for 21 July 2026 at 8:00 a.m. US Pacific Time/11:00 a.m. US Eastern Time/5:00 p.m. Central European Time.