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
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
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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