2026 TAC Priorities

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Tracking for the 2026 TAC Priorities as agreed to by the LF Energy TAC

Leadership & Governance

• Conduct elections for the new TAC Chair and Vice-Chair.
• Ensure a smooth transition to the newly elected Chair and Vice-Chair.

Strategic Vision & Technical Direction

• Launch new studies on the Value of Open Source for Grid Operators (OSPO SIG in the lead).
• Develop new Open Source Readiness Guides for Grid Operators (OSPO SIG in the lead).
• Empower SIGs to actively shape the strategic vision and technical direction within their domain of expertise.
• Review of the LF energy project portfolio to strengthening technical direction

Community Norms & Policies

• Project Lifecycle - Review and make adjustments to align with current project needs ( last changes made in 2021 ) #650
• Consider new community norms and policies for SBOMs.

Guiding strategic funding

• Determine prioritization for Security Audits #408
• Determine prioritization for documentation support
• Determine prioritization for resource requests
• Guide strategic funding decisions to support high-impact projects.

Engagement & Collaboration

• Coordinate new project opportunities and foster cross-project collaboration.
• Organize project workshops during LF Energy Summit 2026.
• Gather feedback from TAC participants, including offer one-on-one sessions with each project TSC Chair and TAC leadership to better understand needs.
• Assemble and execute a plan to inject fresh energy and increase engagement within the TAC.

Operational Excellence

• Explore a dashboard with KPI’s to monitor progress TAC activities.
• Update project landscape https://landscape.lfenergy.org/ to reflect the latest projects
• Support onboarding new projects and knowledge-sharing for projects. For example: Create a video tutorial of 30 minutes that introduces the new project onboarding process. #797
• Create guide for projects to help them focus on the right things as they move through the lifecycle #823