During May 2009, the President of the Republic of South Africa announced the restructuring of Cabinet and national departments to align the structure and electoral mandate of government with developmental challenges. As a result, the former Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) was divided into two Departments, that of Mineral Resources and that of Energy. A government-wide task team was established under the auspices of the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) to oversee the transition. The establishment of the Department of Energy as a stand alone department was finalised at the end of the 2009/2010 financial year. This report therefore seeks to analyse the performance and expenditure of the Department of Energy during the 2009/2010 financial year (and the first two quarters of the 2010/11 financial year.