Managing energy costs while staying agile in a rapidly evolving market is a top priority for commercial and industrial (C&I) energy retailers. Globally, C&I activities account for 36% of total energy consumption, presenting both a challenge and an opportunity. Addressing this critical customer segment with intelligent, flexible software can deliver transformative benefits for energy providers, including lower costs, faster innovation, and greater business value at scale.
That’s why welcoming Beige Technologies into the Kaluza family will be a meaningful moment for our businesses and the wider transition. Beige is an Australian software company whose team has spent the past decade quietly building some of the most advanced tools I have seen for commercial and industrial energy retailers. By combining their expertise with our global platform, we are setting the stage to move faster and go further in empowering energy providers to serve large business customers more intelligently and efficiently, while also contributing to transformative carbon reductions.
Why C&I energy matters more than ever
Commercial and industrial energy consumers collectively account for 67% of electricity demand in Australia. When you get the software right in this segment the ripple effects are therefore enormous: faster decarbonisation, stronger customer relationships and real financial impact for energy providers.
Beige’s flagship products Moose and Spider have been battle tested in Australia’s uniquely complex energy landscape. Moose is a configure price quote (CPQ) tool trusted by major Australian providers to generate tailored, risk-managed, renewable-aware energy quotes in under two minutes – cutting a process that used to take days and freeing up experts to focus on rapidly-changing market dynamics. Spider uses AI to reconcile billing data and untangle the growing complexity of tariffs with speed and precision. These are not experimental tools. They are deeply embedded in the day-to-day workflows of leading retailers.
One of the most critical charts for any energy retailer: the load profile
Peaks of high energy usage, low dips, recurring patterns. These shapes reveal themselves in a way the traditional format never could.
A market that pushes innovation further
Australia is not just another energy market. It is one of the world’s most advanced when it comes to renewables and grid modernisation. Over 37% of Australian homes have rooftop solar which is the highest penetration globally and the country has been at the forefront of managing distributed energy resources and grid volatility. For software engineers and product designers working in this space it is a proving ground that demands creativity, speed and rigour.
Beige’s team has thrived in this environment, demonstrating a remarkable ability to consolidate complex data from multiple sources into a single, actionable platform. Their ability to rationalise data and generate clear, insightful visualisations, like their pioneering work with digital load fingerprints, has set a new standard for C&I energy management. By bringing this expertise into Kaluza’s global platform, we are equipping energy retailers to make more informed, data-driven decisions, segment offerings effectively, and ultimately provide more tailored services to diverse customer bases, from C&I to residential, ensuring no one is left behind.
Doubling down in APAC and scaling globally
This acquisition more than doubles our headcount in the Asia Pacific region and deepens our relationships with C&I energy retailers across Australia and New Zealand. But the benefits don’t stop there. Beige’s capabilities will be integrated into Kaluza’s modular platform so we can serve energy providers far beyond Australia from Europe to North America and Japan.
Beige’s tools are mature, their domain expertise is deep and their leadership team is staying on to drive the next phase of development with us. For our customers that means faster time to value proven technology and the reassurance that they are working with a team that has solved these challenges before.
Momentum for what comes next
This is about accelerating the uptake of a new breed of software which will unlock new opportunities across the value chain. For example, by integrating Beige’s capabilities, which were designed for the C&I market, with Kaluza’s AI-powered residential customer care and operations platform, we will empower energy providers to gain insights into their whole revenue cycle and consolidate their operations across the two energy verticals, creating new opportunities for innovation, modernisation and efficiency. Together the two will equip retailers to better serve their customers, simplifying everything, from billing to forecasting to risk management while making it easier for them to adapt to the fast changing energy landscape.
Just as importantly, this is a people story. Beige’s team of highly-experienced engineers, product leaders and energy market experts will join us to build, innovate and grow.
Bringing Beige into Kaluza will be exciting step forward for our product teams and the customers we serve. We are blending world class engineering talent with tools that have been proven in one of the most advanced energy markets on the planet. Together we are accelerating the pace at which we can help energy providers deliver smarter, faster and more flexible services for their commercial customers. I am energised by what is ahead: a stronger platform, a bigger team and even greater potential to drive the clean energy transition forward.
