TESSA Latest Information

We’ve made some changes to TESSA, as set out in Enhancements to TESSA February 2025.

• TESSA will automatically reject the upload of any CSV Implementation Data file where the PDRS Activity Definition is WH1 and the implementation date is later than 19 December 2024. This reflects the latest PDRS Rule change. 
• A new Status column in the ACPS and Accreditations view shows whether an accreditation is active, suspended or cancelled.

 We’ve added several new “certificate holding” reports to TESSA so that you can see the status of your certificate activity. These are available on the “My Certificates” page in TESSA.

Each report presents information about certificates in your account from a different point of view. For example, one of the reports shows the history of your certificate transactions while another offers a breakdown of certificate holdings.

We’ve designed these to give you a simpler, more reliable way of seeing your certificate transactions.

Look at one of these reports in TESSA now by logging in and clicking “My Certificates” on the landing page.

We’ve made some improvements to TESSA that include: 

• The ‘AS/NZS 2712 Certificate Expiry’ field removed from the accepted products list.
• A required document list for product acceptance applications will populate automatically to make application requirements clearer to users.
• An additional system check carried out for implementation data to validate the total energy savings.

Enhancement to TESSA September 2024

Enhancements to TESSA - 2 - September 2024
 

We have made changes for a more streamlined approach to enquiry management as set out in Enhancements to TESSA queries - TESSA Guide - July 2024. The changes/improvements include: 

• Renaming the current correspondence form to ‘Enquiry’ and made several updates to the wording and field options on the enquiry form,   
• TESSA account holders will now be able to view enquiries they have raised through the enquiry form, or via phone/email, using a new menu option available on their account home page, called My Interactions. 
• Email correspondence with IPART staff emails and the Scheme Regulator mailbox (ess.regulator@ipart.nsw.gov.au) will not appear in the My Interactions menu. 

When IPART requests further information, the account holder will receive an email notification advising their enquiry has been updated. The account holder can then log in to their account, view the communication added to the enquiry by IPART and reply through TESSA, including uploading attachments if necessary

TESSA has been updated to take account of the ESS Rule change that commences 19 June 2024. Changes have been made to introduce a new validation check for activity definition F1.1 which is no longer eligible under the Rule. Activity definition D5 has also been updated to reflect the new Rule. Enhancements to TESSA June 2024

We have improved usability in TESSA when registering your certificates.  Enhancements to TESSA (May 2024).

New functionality has been added that shows the status of your certificate batches in real time. It will make it clear when a registration is still being processed in TESSA.

This will help to avoid any confusion around the total number of certificates created in the certificate batch.

We have created new public lists in TESSA with detailed information about implementations under the ESS and PDRS schemes. Details include where an implementation took place (postcode) and how much energy it saves. You will be able to access these lists without a user account from the TESSA landing page. 

To help you find relevant data in these lists easily we have added easy-to-use filters and option to download your results to a .xls or .csv file.

Better access to TESSA data.

Watch this video to find out how.

To help you manage your own TESSA account, Enhancements to TESSA (April 2024) sets out the following changes/improvements:

• It is now easier to update your organisation details directly, along with activating or inactivating other users under the same account.
• New contact details can be created under your account and users can update their own profile information.
• When submitting applications for product acceptances, open cases can now be cancelled if required, without having to submit a request.

Enhancements - TESSA Guide - March 2024 sets out the following changes/improvements:

• A new field to show the models that can be installed as multiple heat pump water heaters as part of IHEAB or RDUE methods.
• Search filters for products now only show active products to make searching quicker
• ACPs no longer need to submit a “Deed Poll” for audits
• An email will now be sent to ACPs selecting “Offline Payment” to let them know the invoice for payment is available

Address checks on implementation data will now happen when ACPs upload data files to make it easier to check for discrepancies in addresses.

SP Enhancements - TESSA Guide - August 2023 sets out how scheme participants can now lodge their ESS and PDRS annual statements and PDRS individual liable demand in TESSA.

Enhancements - TESSA Guide - May 2023 sets out the following changes/improvements:

• Deadline to register Peak Reduction Certificates (PRCs)
• More efficient PRC Registrations with Reload button
• Making it easier to support your TESSA Registration
• Faster process to cancel audits

Please see here for improvements made to TESSA in April 2023

 We have introduced some new features in TESSA for scheme participants to lodge annual statements and surrender certificates. These features will support the upcoming ESS and PDRS compliance activities.

Find out more about these features, including how they work in the webinar replay below.