TESSA online system for scheme participants

TESSA is our online system for supporting the Energy Security Safeguard, including the Energy Savings Scheme (ESS) and Peak Demand Reduction Scheme (PDRS). Scheme participants use TESSA to manage certificates, meet their reporting obligations and meet their target or pay a penalty. This includes:

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

Login into TESSA

Login to the TESSA Portal

Creating a TESSA account

New scheme participants should contact the scheme participant compliance team at essregulator@ipart.nsw.gov.au for advice on creating a scheme participant TESSA account.

Adding or removing contacts

Anyone who is a contact for your TESSA account and is a member of the customer admin group can add or remove contacts for your TESSA account 

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

Buying and selling certificates

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

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

Transferring certificates

The change in ownership of certificates must be recorded in the Registry of Certificates (TESSA). 

Our Transferring certificates page contains further information.

Surrendering certificates

Scheme participants nominate the number of certificates they wish to surrender against an ESS or PDRS target when they lodge their 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. 

Our Surrendering certificates page has more information.

Reporting in TESSA

Scheme participants meet their reporting obligations by submitting the following TESSA cases:

  • lodging an ESS Annual Statement 
  • lodging a PDRS Individual Liable Demand 
  • lodging a PDRS Annual Statement.

TESSA support

You can access the following instructional videos relating to scheme participants.

For TESSA login issues, use the Enquiry form on the TESSA login page.

For technical issues, log into TESSA and create a ‘My Technical Support case’.

See our TESSA and TESSA FAQs pages for further guidance or download the TESSA Quick Reference Guide for Scheme Participants.

 

Watch our TESSA learning modules to help you get started using TESSA.
Module 1: Introduction to TESSA

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

Module 2: User management

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.

Module 3: Creating a sub-user account

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.

Module 4: TESSA dashboard

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

Module 5: Navigating through TESSA

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