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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-24-030036
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	SC 13E3/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240613
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240613
GROUP MEMBERS:		ELECTRIC HOLDCO, LLC
GROUP MEMBERS:		NUDEVCO RETAIL HOLDINGS, LLC
GROUP MEMBERS:		NUDEVCO RETAIL, LLC
GROUP MEMBERS:		NURETAILCO LLC
GROUP MEMBERS:		RETAILCO, LLC
GROUP MEMBERS:		TXEX ENERGY INVESTMENTS, LLC
GROUP MEMBERS:		WILLIAM KEITH MAXWELL, III

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Via Renewables, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001606268
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				465453215
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13E3/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	005-88272
		FILM NUMBER:		241042089

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12140 WICKCHESTER LANE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77079
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(713) 600-2600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12140 WICKCHESTER LANE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77079

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Spark Energy, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140423

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Via Renewables, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001606268
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				465453215
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		SC 13E3/A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12140 WICKCHESTER LANE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77079
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(713) 600-2600

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		12140 WICKCHESTER LANE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 100
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77079

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Spark Energy, Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140423
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-size: 14pt;">UNITED STATES</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold; font-size: 12pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;"><font style="font-variant: small-caps; font-size: 18pt;">SCHEDULE</font><font style="font-size: 18pt;"> 13E-3</font></div>
    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement under Section 13(e)</div>
    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
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    <div style="color: #000000;">(Name of the Issuer)</div>
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    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Via Renewables, Inc.</div>
    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">William Keith Maxwell, III</div>
    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Retailco, LLC</div>
    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">TxEx Energy Investments, LLC</div>
    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Electric HoldCo, LLC</div>
    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">NuDevco Retail Holdings, LLC</div>
    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">NuDevco Retail, LLC</div>
    <div style="color: #000000;">(Name of Persons Filing Statement)</div>
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    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share</div>
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    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">92556D304</div>
    <div style="color: #000000;">(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Mike Barajas</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">12140 Wickchester Lane, Suite 100</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Houston Texas 77079</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">(713) 600-2600</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">c/o William Keith Maxwell, III</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">12140 Wickchester Lane, Suite 100</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Houston Texas 77079</div>
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    <div style="color: #000000; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">With copies to:</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Clint H. Smith</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Thomas D. Kimball</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Jones Walker LLP</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 5100</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">New Orleans, Louisiana 70170</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">(504) 582-8429</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Darrell Taylor</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Cokinos Young</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">1221 Lamar, 16<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">th</sup> Floor</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Houston, Texas 77010</div>
            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">(713) 535-5556</div>
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    <div style="color: #000000;">(Name, Address, and Telephone Numbers of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Persons Filing Statement)</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This statement is filed in connection with (check the appropriate box):</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol', sans-serif;">&#9746;</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">The filing of solicitation materials or an information statement subject to Regulation 14A (&#167;&#167; 240.14a-1 through 240.14b-2), Regulation 14C (&#167;&#167; 240.14c-1 through 240.14c-101) or Rule
              13e-3(c) (&#167; 240.13e-3(c)) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (&#8220;the Act&#8221;).</div>
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            <div style="color: #000000;">The filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933.</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Check the following box if the soliciting materials or information statement referred to in checking box (a) are preliminary copies: <font style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol',sans-serif;">&#9744;</font></div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR
      FAIRNESS OF SUCH TRANSACTION, OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE IN THIS DOCUMENT.&#160; ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.</div>
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    <div style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Introduction</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">This Amendment No. 5 to the Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 (as originally filed on February 12, 2024), together with the exhibits hereto (this &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Final






        Amendment</font>&#8221;), is being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">SEC</font>&#8221;) pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (together with the rules and regulations
      promulgated thereunder, the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Exchange Act</font>&#8221;), jointly by the following persons (each a &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Filing Person</font>,&#8221; and collectively the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Filings
        Persons</font>&#8221;): (i) Via Renewables, Inc. (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Company</font>&#8221;), a Delaware corporation and the issuer of the shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Class
        A Common Stock</font>&#8221;), that are subject to the transaction pursuant to Rule 13e-3 under the Exchange Act; (ii) Retailco, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Parent</font>&#8221;); (iii) William Keith Maxwell, III,
      an individual resident of the State of Texas and the sole owner of Parent and the indirect owner of NuRetailco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Merger Sub</font>&#8221;) (&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Mr. Maxwell</font>&#8221;); (iv) TxEx Energy Investments, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, of which Mr. Maxwell is the direct sole owner (&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">TxEx</font>&#8221;); (v) Electric HoldCo, LLC, a Texas
      limited liability company, of which Mr. Maxwell is the indirect sole owner (&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Electric Holdco</font>&#8221;); (vi) NuDevco Retail Holdings, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, of which Mr. Maxwell is the indirect sole
      owner (&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">NuDevco Retail Holdings</font>&#8221;); and (vii) NuDevco Retail, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, of which Mr. Maxwell is the indirect sole owner (&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">NuDevco Retail</font>&#8221;
      and, together with Mr. Maxwell, TxEx, Electric Holdco and NuDevco Retail Holdings, the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Maxwell Filing Persons</font>&#8221;).</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">This Final Amendment relates to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Merger Agreement</font>&#8221;), which provides for, among other things, the merger of Merger Sub
      with and into the Company (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Merger</font>&#8221;), with the Company surviving the Merger as the surviving corporation and becoming a subsidiary of Parent (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Surviving Corporation</font>&#8221;),






      and the other transactions contemplated thereby (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Transactions</font>&#8221;). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, on June 13, 2024 (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Closing Date</font>&#8221;), the Merger was completed,
      and the Company, as the Surviving Corporation, continues its operations under the name &#8220;Via Renewables, Inc.&#8221; The Merger did not have any impact on the registration of the Company&#8217;s 8.75% Series A Fixed-to-Floating Rate Cumulative Redeemable
      Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Series A Preferred Stock</font>&#8221;) under the Exchange Act or the continued listing of the Series A Preferred Stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (&#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">NASDAQ</font>&#8221;). Following consummation of the Merger, (i) the registration of the shares of Class A Common Stock and the Company&#8217;s reporting obligations with respect to the shares of the Class A Common Stock under the
      Exchange Act will be terminated, (ii) the shares of Class A Common Stock will no longer be listed on any stock exchange or quotation system, including NASDAQ, and (iii) Mr. Maxwell and his affiliates will be the registered or beneficial owners of all
      of the shares of Class A Common Stock and all issued and outstanding shares of the Company&#8217;s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share. Merger Sub ceased to exist as an independent entity and, therefore, is no longer a Filing Person.</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">This Final Amendment is being filed pursuant to Rule 13(e)-3(d)(3) to report the results of the Merger. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the information set forth in the Company&#8217;s previously
      filed Schedule 13E-3 remains unchanged and is incorporated by reference into this Final Amendment.</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">On March 28, 2024, the Company filed with the SEC a definitive proxy statement under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act, which proxy statement was supplemented and amended by that certain proxy
      supplement, filed by the Company with the SEC as additional definitive proxy soliciting material on Schedule 14A on April 30, 2024, as further supplemented and amended by that certain proxy supplement, filed by the Company with the SEC as additional
      definitive proxy soliciting material on Schedule 14A on May 2, 2024, as further supplemented and amended by that certain proxy supplement, filed by the Company with the SEC as additional definitive proxy soliciting material on Schedule 14A on May 13,
      2024 (nothing contained in the proxy supplement filed with the SEC by the Company on May 13, 2024 shall be deemed an admission of the legal necessity, materiality or usefulness of any of the disclosures set forth therein), as further supplemented and
      amended by that certain proxy supplement, filed by the Company with the SEC as additional definitive proxy soliciting material on Schedule 14A on May 14, 2024, and as further supplemented by that certain proxy supplement, filed by the Company with
      the SEC as additional definitive proxy soliciting material on Schedule 14A on May 23, 2024 (the &#8220;<font style="font-weight: bold;">Proxy Statement</font>&#8221;), relating to a special meeting of the shareholders of the Company at which the shareholders of
      the Company considered and voted upon a proposal to adopt the Merger Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Final Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in the Proxy Statement.</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">The cross-references below are being supplied pursuant to General Instruction G to Schedule 13E-3 and show the location in the Proxy Statement of the information required to be included in response
      to the items of Schedule 13E-3. Pursuant to General Instruction F to Schedule 13E-3, the information contained in the Proxy Statement, including all appendices thereto, is incorporated in its entirety herein by this reference, and the responses to
      each item in this Final Amendment are qualified in their entirety by the information contained in the Proxy Statement and the appendices thereto. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Final Amendment shall have the meanings given to them in
      the Proxy Statement.</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">All information contained in this Schedule 13E-3 concerning each Filing Person has been supplied by such Filing Person.</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Item 15.</div>
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            <div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: justify;">Additional Information.</div>
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    <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">Item 15(c) is amended and supplemented as follows:</div>
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      <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: normal;">On the Closing Date, the Company consummated the previously announced merger contemplated by the Merger Agreement, by and among the Company, Parent and Merger Sub, pursuant
        to which Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company as a result of the Merger, with the Company continuing as the Surviving Corporation in the Merger, following which Mr. Maxwell and the Maxwell Filing Persons became the registered or
        beneficial owners of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Surviving Corporation&#8217;s Class A Common Stock and Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Class B Common Stock&#8221; and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the
        &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;).</div>
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      <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: normal;">On the Closing Date, the Company filed a Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, pursuant to which the Merger became effective. As a
        result of the Merger, the Company became wholly owned by Parent and Mr. Maxwell.</div>
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      <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-weight: normal;">The Merger became effective at 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time on June 13, 2024 (the &#8220;Effective Time&#8221;). Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time:</div>
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