In the period approached to independence of Myanmar, the national leaders set strategies and plans for the development of the country: to promote and expand the agricultural sector with advanced technologies; to exploit the natural resources effectively by cooperating with local industries. The leaders also realized that electricity played a vital role to implement above strategies. Therefore, in June 1947, they decided to implement the hydropower projects which were enormous resources in Myanmar, and could be implemented by suitable budgets as a first priority.They put those plans in two years plan for Economic Development of the Union of Myanmar (1947).

In early post-independence time, Electricity Supply Board (ESB) was organized under the Ministry of Industry on 1st October 1951 complied with the Electricity Act of 1948. On 16th March 1972, it was changed as Electric Power Corporation (EPC). On 1st April 1975, the Ministry of Industry was divided into the Ministry of Industry (1) and the Ministry of Industry (2) and hence the Electric Power Corporation (EPC) was composed under the Ministry of Industry (2). On 12th April 1985, the Ministry of Industry (2) was expanded with the Ministry of Energy and the EPC was composed under the Ministry of Energy. On 1st April 1989, the EPC was changed into the Myanma Electric Power Enterprise (MEPE). On 15th November 1997, the Ministry of Electrical Power was organized, and there were three departments under it: the Department of Electrical Power, the Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise and the Department of Hydropower. On 15th May 2006, the ministry was divided into No 1 and No 2, and on 5th September 2012, they were composed again into one Ministry as the Ministry of Electrical Power (MOEP) under which there were three departments, two enterprises and two corporations. On 1st April 2016, the MOEP was composed with the Ministry of Energy to form the Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) under which there were four departments, five enterprises and two corporations.