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CONDENSED COMBINED AND CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Parenthetical) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2014
Optimization Revenues - Affiliates | $ (545) | $ (141) | $ 1,317 | [1] | $ 1,681
Retail cost of revenues, less than | 60,967 | 51,863 | 176,000 | [1] | 192,371
General and Administrative Expense - Affiliates | 15,493 | 10,634 | 43,909 | [1] | 28,494
Affiliated Entity |  |  |  |  |
Retail Revenues - Affiliates | 0 | 0 | 0 |  | 2,170
Optimization Revenues - Affiliates | 263 | 3,208 | 928 |  | 10,341
Optimization Cost of Revenues - Affiliates | 3,382 | 6,450 | 9,589 |  | 25,004
Retail cost of revenues, less than | 0 | 100 | 100 |  | 100
General and Administrative Expense - Affiliates | $ 0 | $ 100 | $ 0 |  | $ 100
[1] | Financial information has been recast to include results attributable to the acquisition of Oasis Power Holdings LLC on May 12, 2015 from an affiliate. See Note 2 “Basis of Presentation” and Note 3 "Acquisitions" for further discussion.

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