Your accreditation notice sets out the activities for which you are accredited and the conditions of your accreditation. You can apply to change these at any time. Your application must be made on TESSA and include required information. 

This page tells you:

  • what you can apply for 
  • the information you must give us
  • how we process your application.
Changes you can apply for
Change audit conditions or certificate creation limits

You can apply to change your audit conditions (i.e. the audit type) and your certificate creation limit. 

You must read our guide for changing audit conditions and certificate creation limits. Section 4.1 of the guide details the information you must provide with an application.

You must complete and submit the Application for amendment form

Add an Activity Definition

You can apply to add activities to your accreditation under the HEER, IHEAB, RDUE, ROOA or SONA calculation methods. 

Activities under the HEER, IHEAB and ROOA methods have corresponding activities under RDUE. When applying to add Activity Definitions under these methods, you should consider applying for corresponding RDUE activities at the same time.

You must provide:

Add a calculation method (ESS deemed energy savings method only)

ESS accreditations usually include only one method, but some can include a combination of methods. You can apply to add:

  • the IHEAB method to your existing HEER accreditation and vice versa
  • add the PLESF method to your existing CLESF method accreditation, and vice versa

You must provide:

Change what you can do in PIAM&V and Metered Baseline methods

You can apply to amend the scope of your PIAM&V or MBM accreditation. 

The table below describes what you can apply for and what you must provide:

What can be amended

Method

Minimum supporting documentation

Type of activities that will be undertaken: 

  • Fuel switching activities

  • Fuel efficiency activities

  • Power generation activities

  • Modifying, replacing, installing and/or removing end user equipment

  • Fuel types

  • End-user equipment

PIAM&V

MBM

 

 

  • Application for Accreditation Part B.

  • Explanation of how and why the activities included in the accreditation have changed, such as a project plan or operating procedures, and/or

  • Description of upcoming projects, indicating equipment, fuel(s) and type of upgrade involved.

  • Updated version of the relevant document or tool used to calculate energy savings.

  • Description of the ACP’s experience installing the proposed activities and/or equipment.

  • Description of how the installation and/or equipment will comply with any relevant equipment standards or rule requirements.

Site details (e.g. adding additional sites)

PIAM&V

MBM

Description of the proposed sites, including address details if known.

For PIAM&V, description of the proposed M&V approach to be used at new sites.

Energy model type 

End user equipment category

Sampling Method

PIAM&V

Application for Accreditation Part B completed with relevant information.

Worked example demonstrating understanding of energy model type(s), EUE category and /or Sampling Method.

MBM sub-method (excluding NABERS and Aggregated Metered Baseline)

MBM

Application for Accreditation Part B completed with relevant information.

Worked example demonstrating understanding of the MBM sub-method.

Updated training material covering the additional activities (see section 1.2 of ESS Notice 01/2013 Minimum requirements of conduct

Baseline (e.g., reset existing baseline or set a new baseline for another activity)

MBM

  • Description of proposed baseline, including baseline period, implementation date and other baseline parameters as required by the ESS Rule.

  • Supporting calculations.
Transfer an accreditation

You can apply to transfer your accreditation to a related body corporate of the ACP. A $500 fee is payable when you apply.

You must provide the completed Application for Transfer of Accreditation form.

Suspend or cancel an accreditation

You can apply to suspend or cancel your accreditation.

You must provide your reasons for suspension or cancellation. If applying for suspension, provide the period of suspension.

Other types of changes

For changes not listed above, please contact us and provide details. We will let you know what you must provide for your application.

The application process
Application process

There are five steps in the application process:

Changing your accreditation - The amendment process.PNG

We start assessing your application when it is complete (Step 3). Simple applications can take only 2-3 weeks to complete. Our assessment will take longer if:

  • If you need resolve issues or provide more information
  • You have, or have had, compliance issues
  • Your request relates to adding calculation methods, activities or end-user equipment

If you or a related entity have any current or pending compliance issues under the ESS or other related scheme such as the Victorian Energy Upgrades program.

The five steps to changing your accreditation

Step 1: You prepare your application

Prepare your application and required information. For all applications, you must provide:

  • summary of amendment needed

  • rationale and relevant contributing factors

  • required information detailed above.

Submit one application for an accreditation covering all requested changes. If you wish to amend multiple accreditations, submit separate applications for each accreditation. 

Step 2: You submit your application

Submit your application to IPART in TESSA (click on the 'Application for Amendment’ link on your dashboard). 

Any documents must be in commonly used file formats, such as Microsoft Word or Excel, Adobe PDF, JPEG, etc. 

If you are requesting a transfer of accreditation, the transferee must also have an account in TESSA.

Step 3: We check that your application is complete

We will check you have provided all required information. If your application is incomplete, we will request the missing information, which must be provided before we can proceed. 

If you are requesting a transfer of accreditation, this step includes payment of the $500 application fee.

Step 4: We assess your application

We assess your application in accordance with requirements. We may request further information to enable our assessment. We typically issue no more than 2 requests for information.

Step 5: We notify you of our decision

When we have completed our assessment, the Scheme Administrator will decide whether to approve or refuse your application. We will inform you of this decision in writing through TESSA.

Relevant Documentation

Guide - changing audit conditions and certificate creation limits
Compliance Guide - ACPs
Application Form - ACPs - Amend audit and certificate creation limit conditions
Application Form - ACPs - Transfer of Accreditation