Check with the funderQueenslandGovernment
Drought Relief from Electricity Charges Scheme (DRECS)
Offered by Queensland Government
Not published
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Verified against Queensland Government's own page on 27 Aug 2026
Key facts
- Funding amount
- Not stated
- Status
- Check with the funder
- Jurisdiction
- Queensland
- Last verified
- 27 Aug 2026
- The date we last read this program on Queensland Government's own page.
Who can apply
Queensland Government lists this program as open to the following kinds of applicant. It is a starting filter, not the full eligibility test, and the guidelines on the official page are what decide it.
- Individuals
Eligibility, in the funder's words
Free account
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What the program funds
Drought Relief from Electricity Charges Scheme (DRECS) The Drought Relief from Electricity Charges Scheme (DRECS) provides relief from supply charges on electricity accounts that are used to pump water for farm or irrigation purposes. Financial assistance is available to account holders who do not have access to, or have severely restricted access to, farm or irrigation water in drought-declared areas , or properties that have been individually drought-declared . Details of the DRECS are set out in a Queensland Government gazette notice.
Free account
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That description is Queensland Government's own wording, reproduced from the official listing under CC BY 4.0. Our plain-English summaries are being written program by program and this one has not been done yet.
What it is for
This program is categorised under the following purposes. Each one that has a page of its own links to every other Australian grant we track for the same purpose.
How to apply
Applications for Drought Relief from Electricity Charges Scheme (DRECS) are made through Queensland Government, not through GrantWindow. We do not take applications, charge a fee or act as an intermediary, and any site that offers to apply on your behalf for a government grant is worth a very careful look.
Where this came from
© The State of Queensland. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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