TESSA for scheme participants

TESSA is our online system for supporting key activities in the ESS and PDRS. 

As a scheme participant, you can use it for activities like:

  • viewing your certificate holdings
  • transferring certificates
  • surrendering certificates
  • notifying us of your Individual Liable Demand
  • lodging your ESS Annual Statement and PDRS Annual Statement
  • paying a penalty.

Logging into TESSA

You can log into the TESSA Portal online.

Creating a TESSA account 

If you are a new scheme participant, email us at essregulator@ipart.nsw.gov.au for advice on creating an account in TESSA.

Adding or removing contacts

You can add or remove contacts for your account within TESSA. All you need is to be an existing contact for your TESSA account and a member of the customer admin group. 

We have developed a series of learning modules (see below) to help you get started in TESSA. 

Buying and selling certificates

Trading certificates happens outside of the Registry of Certificates (TESSA). 

IPART is not involved in the process of trading certificates. You need to contact buyers and sellers of certificates, or their broker, to trade certificates. 

Transferring certificates

The buyer and seller of certificates must record the change in ownership in the Registry of Certificates (TESSA). 

See Trading certificates for further information.

Surrendering certificates

You will nominate the number of certificates to surrender against an ESS or PDRS target when lodging your ESS Annual Statement or PDRS Annual Statement.

There are restrictions on the type, vintage and status of certificates that you can surrender against an ESS or PDRS target. These restrictions are explained in the Compliance Guide - Scheme Participants. You should consider these restrictions when acquiring certificates. 

See Surrendering certificates for more information.

Reporting in TESSA

As a scheme participant, you  meet your reporting obligations by lodging the following TESSA cases:

  • ESS Annual Statement
  • PDRS Individual Liable Demand
  • PDRS Annual Statement.

TESSA support

The following scheme participant videos show how to use TESSA to:

See our TESSA page for further guidance or download the TESSA Quick Reference Guide for Scheme Participants.

Can’t log into TESSA? Let us know through the Enquiry form and we’ll be in touch to help you solve the problem.

Having technical issues in TESSA? Log into TESSA and create a ‘My Technical Support case’.

Watch our TESSA learning modules to help you get started using TESSA

In this introduction to TESSA video, find out what TESSA is all about and what else you can learn in upcoming video modules.

 

Your user account is unique to your organisation and includes only one admin user. Learn how easy it is to log in to TESSA and manage your account by watching the user management video.

Each person using TESSA needs their own sub user account (and email address) which the account admin user can set up to allow secure access. Watch the video below to find out how the admin user can set up a new account for other users.

When you log in to TESSA, you will see your personalised dashboard. Get a tour of your new dashboard by watching the video below.

Learn how to navigate through your custom dashboard and other TESSA functions by watching the video below.

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