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CONDENSED COMBINED AND CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Optimization Revenues - Affiliates	$ (67)	$ 197	$ 1,862	$ 1,821
Retail cost of revenues	42,120	52,387	111,207	140,508
General and Administrative Expense - Affiliates	12,978	9,747	27,683	17,860
Affiliated Entity
Retail Revenues - Affiliates	0	681	0	2,170
Optimization Revenues - Affiliates	176	4,634	665	7,134
Optimization Cost of Revenues - Affiliates	3,114	10,654	6,207	18,554
Retail cost of revenues	100	100	100	100
General and Administrative Expense - Affiliates	$ 0	$ 6,000	$ 0	$ 12,000

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