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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-24-030038
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FILED AS OF DATE:		20240613
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240613

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	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:		POS AM
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-266615
		FILM NUMBER:		241042096

	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="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2024</div>
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    <div style="text-align: right; font-weight: bold;">Registration Statement No. 333-266615
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-266615</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">Via Renewables, Inc.</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</div>
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            <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">12140 Wickchester Ln., Suite 100</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Houston, Texas 77079</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(713) 600-2600</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants&#8217; principal executive offices)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Mike Barajas</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Chief Financial Officer</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">12140 Wickchester Ln., Suite 100</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Houston, Texas 77079</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(713) 600-2600</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Copies to:</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Clint H. Smith</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Jones Walker LLP</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 5100</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">New Orleans, Louisiana 70170</div>
    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(504) 582-8429</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18.35pt; font-weight: bold;">Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18.35pt;">If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18.35pt;">If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with
      dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box: &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18.35pt;">If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
      earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18.35pt;">If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective
      registration statement for the same offering. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18.35pt;">If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the
      Securities Act, check the following box. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18.35pt;">If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b)
      under the Securities Act, check the following box. &#9744;</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18.35pt;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large
      accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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    <div style="text-indent: 18.35pt;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to
      Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. &#9744;</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this &#8220;<u>Post-Effective Amendment</u>&#8221;) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-266615) (the &#8220;<u>Registration Statement</u>&#8221;), filed by Via
        Renewables, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;<u>Registrant</u>&#8221;), on August 5, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which was declared effective on August 16, 2022, registering (i) for offer and sale from time to time up to
        $200,000,000 of the Registrant&#8217;s (a) shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#8220;<u>Class A Common Stock</u>&#8221;), (b) shares of Preferred Stock, (c) Depositary Shares, (d) warrants and (e) units; and (ii) for resale from time to time
        by the selling stockholders named in the Registration Statement 20,800,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">On June 7, 2024, the Registrant&#8217;s requisite stockholders approved an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 29, 2023, by and among the Company, Retailco, LLC, a Texas limited liability
        company (&#8220;<u>Parent</u>&#8221;), and NuRetailco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (&#8220;<u>Merger Sub</u>&#8221;), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub was merged with and into the Company, with the
        Company surviving the merger and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent and Keith Maxwell, III (Parent&#8217;s indirect, sole owner) (the &#8220;<u>Merger</u>&#8221;).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; color: #000000;">The Merger became effective on June 13, 2024. As a result of the Merger, the Registrant has terminated all offerings of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement. In accordance with an
        undertaking made by the Registrant in the Registration Statement to remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the securities that had been registered for issuance that remain unsold at the termination of such
        offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration all of such securities registered but unsold under the Registration Statement.</div>
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    <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SIGNATURES</div>
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    <div style="text-align: justify;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this
      Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on June 13, 2024.</div>
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            <div>/s/ Mike Barajas</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Note: No other person is required to sign this Post-Effective Amendment in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</div>
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