This paper considers the need for organizations to obtain an energy planning and exposes three methods to do so. Energy planning is part of a process of energy efficiency important for organizations to become more competitive. Even the recent standardization of energy management leads brazilian institutions to develop processes and methods for energy efficiency. There is still a gap being presented in the literature and the needs of these institutions. Although energy planning is only part of the energy management system, this text provides a compilation of information for the initial development of a methodology for the organization energy planning.