Queensland Hot Water Program – is it for real?

After weeks of secretive promises that “you’ll be sent a pack”, the packs are finally starting to arrive for anyone who registered their interest in the Queensland Hot Water Program.

All it really includes is a link to the Queensland Hot Water Program Pack page. While the pack is hosted on the Cleanenergy website, there is no link to it from that site. I wonder why that is? Do they want to keep it secret?

All the solar hot water companies that I have spoken to about the program and who had tendered for it say they have received communication from the government that they were unsuccessful. So who is going to deliver this huge program? Is it the Queensland Government?

The pack looks great, good graphic design job. Then it mainly consists of questions to assess your property. You have to fill all that out and send it back to Brisbane. And then…

I called the hotline and asked about what happens next. The answer: “You’ll be advised whether you’ve been successful in your application. We do not have the criteria yet, don’t know whether it will be a ballot draw or on a first come – first served basis. You’ll just have to wait and see.”

My question about brands was answered that it depends on the area where you live.

So, it continues to be a program with more questions than answers. Sometimes it crosses my mind that if it were an individual who told me all these things, I’d think he had lost the plot. However, this is our state government. So there must be some substance behind it. So my best advice: get your application in as fast as possible and see what happens. You can always back out if it does not turn out to be to your liking.

Timing of the Queensland Hot Water Program

The hotline guy also reminded me that the program is going to be rolled out over 3 years, the insinuation being that this might not be a quick thing… And the paperwork keeps stressing that if you have a broken hot water system, you’d better go somewhere else – not the Queensland Hot Water Program. Here are the reasons why you should purchase a solar hot water system in Queensland.

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