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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Parenthetical) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)
Retail revenues | $ 110,019,000 |
Optimization revenues | 527,000 | [1]
Retail cost of revenues (less than) | 68,800,000 | [2]
General and administrative | 17,380,000 | [3]
Accumulated dividend on Series A preferred stock | 0 |
Affiliates |  |
Retail revenues | 0 |
Optimization revenues | 113,000 |
Optimization cost of revenues - affiliates | 1,258,000 |
Retail cost of revenues (less than) | 100,000 |
General and administrative | $ 4,400,000 |
[1] | Net asset optimization revenues (expenses) includes asset optimization revenues —affiliates of $0 and $113 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and asset optimization revenues—affiliates cost of revenues of $0 and $1,258 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
[2] | Retail cost of revenues includes retail cost of revenues—affiliates of $0 and less than $100 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
[3] | General and administrative includes general and administrative expense—affiliates of $7,300 and $4,400 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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