The document presents a circuit design technique called Higher Voltage Flip-Flop (HVFF) that separates the power supply voltage of flip-flops from combinational circuits to achieve energy-efficient operations. HVFF maintains the flip-flop supply voltage at its minimum, while reducing the voltage of combinational logic gates, thereby minimizing energy without significant penalties in power or delay. The application of this technique in a 4-bit ALU demonstrated a 13% reduction in minimum energy usage compared to conventional operations.