Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
Overview of the Committee:
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) is the lead advisory committee for the project and is intended to provide project direction, engagement recommendations, technology products, serve as a sounding board for project opportunities and challenges, and help ensure the overall success of the project.
Members:
The TAC is composed of representatives from the California Energy Commission (CEC) and project leads (EPRI and CALSTART), chairs and co-chairs from the other advisory committees, industry experts, and government agency representatives.
Objectives:
- Provide guidance in project direction. The guidance may include scope and methodologies, timing, and coordination with other projects. The guidance may be based on:
- Technical area expertise;
- Knowledge of market applications; or
- Linkages between the agreement work and other past, present, or future projects (both public and private sectors) that TAC members are aware of in a particular area.
- Review products and provide recommendations for product adjustments, refinements, or enhancements;
- Evaluate the tangible benefits of the project to the state of California, and provide recommendations as needed to enhance the benefits;
- Provide recommendations regarding information dissemination, market pathways, or commercialization strategies relevant to the project products;
- Set the project team’s goals and contribute to the development and evaluation of its statement of proposed objectives as the project evolves;
- Provide a credible and objective sounding board on the wide range of technical and financial barriers and opportunities;
- Identify key areas where the project has a competitive advantage, value proposition, or strength upon which to build;
- Advocate, to the extent the TAC members feel is appropriate, on behalf of the project in its effort to build partnerships, governmental support and relationships with a national spectrum of influential leaders;
- Ask probing questions that ensure a long-term perspective on decision-making and progress toward the project’s strategic goals.
Committee Members:
- California Air Resources Board (CARB)
- California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
- California Transportation Commission (CTC)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)/Joint Office
- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
- National Association of Truck Stop Owners (NATSO)
- North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE)
- Oregon Department of Transportation – Climate Office
- Pacific Gas and Electric
- Port of Long Beach
- Port of Los Angeles
- Quality Management District
- Sacramento Metro Air Pollution Control District
- South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD)
- Southern California Edison (SCE)
- U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center
Meeting Dates:
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members meet twice annually on the following dates:
- 06/01/22 – 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. PST
- 11/30/22 – 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M PST
- 5/31/23 – 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M PST
- 12/6/23 – 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M PST
Meetings
ITAC – Kickoff Meeting Presentation – 06.15.22
Meeting Recording
Meeting Documents
ITAC – Subcommittee Meeting – 08.25.22
Meeting Recording
Meeting Documents
ITAC – Committee Meeting – 1.31.23
Meeting Recording
Meeting Documents
ITAC – Committee Meeting – 4.26.23
Meeting Recording
Meeting Documents
ITAC – Committee Meeting – 7.19.23
Meeting Recording
Meeting Documents