Organizations worldwide spend more than US$10 trillion a year to meet their energy needs, and many stand-alone companies struggle under a heavy cost burden. In the UK, more than half of businesses surveyed in 2023 (54%) said that energy accounted for upward of 25% of their business costs.1 Unchecked energy usage does more than cut into the bottom line. It is also a major source of carbon emissions and a cause of operational uncertainty. But new dynamics in the global energy arena present