Key information for scheme participants

To help meet your obligations as a scheme participant under the Safeguard, see below for:

  • key dates and the compliance timeline
  • key links to guides, forms, relevant information and TESSA
  • key instruction videos for working in TESSA
  • key contacts for engaging with IPART.

Key dates

Key dates for the ESS and PDRS compliance periods are published on our Scheme participant compliance timeline page.

Key links

Compliance Guide - Scheme Participants

Quick Reference Guide - AEMO Market Purchase Data in TESSA

Quick Reference Guide – Reporting and Auditing Exemptions

Quick Reference Guide – Liability changes for scheme participants with scheduled BDUs

Audit Guide - Scheme Participants

DSW Submission form - Scheme Participants

Relevant information for scheme participants

Login to the TESSA Portal

Key instructional videos

Lodging an ESS Annual Statement case in TESSA 

Lodging an Individual Liable Demand case in TESSA 

Lodging a PDRS Annual Statement case in TESSA 

Responding to a request for information (RFI) in TESSA 

Transferring certificates

Key contacts

If you have a query regarding scheme participant compliance, email the scheme participant compliance team at essregulator@ipart.nsw.gov.au and one of the team will respond.

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