Scheme participants have obligations

If you’re a scheme participant, you need to meet several obligations. Full details are in Compliance Guide - Scheme Participants. See below for a summary for some of these.

ESS obligations
  • Lodge an ESS Annual Statement in TESSA
  • Pay any applicable shortfall penalty
PDRS obligations
  • Notify us of non-market acquisitions or exempt electricity loads
  • Notify us of your Individual Liable Demand
  • Lodge a PDRS Annual Statement
  • Pay any applicable shortfall penalty
Audit obligations

You will need an audit if you:

  • intend to claim an exempt electricity load
  • have non-market acquisitions above the audit threshold.
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industry: ESS industry: PDRS

New ESS and PDRS Rules commenced

12 Sep 2025
New Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) and Peak Demand Reduction Scheme (PDRS) Rules were released on 29 August 2025. These new rules commence from 12…
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ACP Notices
industry: ESS

Official caution issued to ACP

18 Aug 2025
IPART has issued an official caution to an Accredited Certificate Provider (ACP) for an offence relating to improper creation of Energy Savings…
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industry: ESS industry: PDRS industry: RFS

New document linking system on ESS website

4 Aug 2025
It's now easier to find the version of a document you need on our website using our new Document Hubs.Since going live 2 weeks ago, we've continued…
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