Its budget for fiscal year 2019 (1 October 2018–30 September 2019) is 2,319 million baht.

Thaksin Shinawatra, then prime minister in 2002, established the Bureau of Energy on 2 November 2001, B.E.2544, which was later upgraded to the Ministry of Energy in 2002 pursuant to the Restructuring of Government Organization Act (2002).

[4] is the nation's roadmap for electric power generation, distribution, and consumption.

The plan, prepared by the Ministry of Energy (MOE) and EGAT, is issued iteratively.

Along with the PDP, the MOE produces several subsidiary plans that roll up into the PDP:[4]: 1–1 PDP2015 begins with the assumptions that:[4]: 2–3 PDP2015 projects the following changes in Thailand electrical power generation fuel mix over the period 2014-2036:[4]: 2–1 PDP2015 projects that Thailand's CO2 emissions from power generation will rise from 86,998,000 tons in 2015 to 104,075,000 tons in 2036.