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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 and templates
  • key instruction videos for working in TESSA
  • key contacts for engaging with IPART
  • further information for scheme participants.

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

Audit Guide - Scheme Participants

DSW Submission form - Scheme Participants

Login to the TESSA Portal

Summary of Liable Acquisitions (voluntary).

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.

Relevant information for scheme participants 

Our Relevant information for scheme participants - 10 April 2025 spreadsheet contains information including:

  • for the ESS, information relating to the energy savings scheme target, energy conversion factor, base penalty rate and scheme penalty rate for each compliance period.
     
  • for the PDRS, information relating to the four peak days, peak demand reduction target, forecast peak demand, scheme certificate target, scheme liable demand, and scheme penalty rate for each compliance period.

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