Spark Energy, Inc. (Form: 3, Received: 01/20/2016 18:07:32)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*
Retailco, LLC
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 1/11/2016
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Spark Energy, Inc. [SPKE]

(Last)        (First)        (Middle)
12140 WICKCHESTER LANE, SUITE 100
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
_____ Director                            ___ X ___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)
HOUSTON, TX 77079

(City)              (State)              (Zip) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
_ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivate Security
(Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(MM/DD/YYYY) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)

Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Class B Common Stock/Spark HoldCo Units ⁽¹⁾ ⁽¹⁾ Class A Common Stock 10612500 ⁽¹⁾ I See footnote ⁽²⁾

Explanation of Responses:

(1) Subject to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Spark HoldCo, LLC, the units of Spark HoldCo, LLC (the "Spark HoldCo Units"), together with a corresponding number of shares of Class B Common Stock (the "Class B Common Stock") of Spark Energy, Inc. (the "Issuer") may be exchanged, at any time and from time to time, for Class A Common Stock of the Issuer (or cash at the Issuer or Spark HoldCo's election) at an exchange ratio of one share of Class A Common Stock for each Spark HoldCo Unit (and corresponding share of Class B Common Stock).

(2) The reporting person became the beneficial owner of the securities reported herein through a contribution by TxEx Energy Investments, LLC of 10,612,500 Spark HoldCo Units and 10,612,500 shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to an internal reorganization. The reporting person is a wholly owned subsidiary of TxEx Energy Investments, LLC.

Remarks:
Exhibit List:
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorneyy (CE)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships

Director 10% Owner Officer Other

Retailco, LLC
12140 WICKCHESTER LANE
SUITE 100
HOUSTON, TX 77079
X

Signatures

/s/ Retailco, LLC, by Gil Melman, as Attorney-in-Fact 1/20/2016

^** Signature of Reporting Person Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
Class B Common Stock/Spark HoldCo Units	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	Class A Common Stock	10612500	⁽¹⁾	I	See footnote ⁽²⁾

EXHIBIT 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR EXECUTING FORM ID, FORMS 3, FORMS 4 AND FORMS 5, FORM 144 AND SCHEDULE 13D AND SCHEDULE 13G The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Nathan Kroeker, Georganne Hodges and Gil Melman, or any one of them acting without the others, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID (including amendments thereto), or any other forms prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission, that may be necessary to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the forms referenced in clause (2) below;
(2) Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any (a) Form 3, Form 4 and Form
5 (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), (b) Form 144 (including amendments thereto) and (c) Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act, but only to the extent each form or schedule relates to the undersigned's beneficial ownership of securities of Spark Energy, Inc. or any of its subsidiaries;
(3) Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 144, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) and timely file the forms or schedules with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or quotation system, self-regulatory association or any other authority, and provide a copy as required by law or advisable to such persons as the attorney-in-fact deems appropriate; and
(4) Take any other action in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of or legally required of the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in the form and shall contain the terms and conditions as the attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to the attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers granted herein, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers granted herein. The undersigned acknowledges that the attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming (nor is Spark Energy, Inc. assuming) any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The undersigned agrees that the attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on information furnished orally or in writing by or at the direction of the undersigned to the attorney-in-fact. The undersigned also agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Spark Energy, Inc. and the attorney-in-fact against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in these respects) that arise out of or are based upon any untrue statements or omissions of necessary facts in the information provided by or at the direction of the undersigned, or upon the lack of timeliness in the delivery of information by or at the direction of the undersigned, to the attorney-in fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging, delivering or filing a Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 144, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) and agrees to reimburse Spark Energy, Inc. and the attorney-in-fact on demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 144, Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by Spark Energy, Inc., unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the attorney-in-fact. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of the date written below. Retailco, LLC

/s/ Terry D. Jones
Name: Terry D. Jones
Title: Executive Vice President and General Counsel

 January 18, 2016
Date

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class B Common Stock/Spark HoldCo Units	⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	Class A Common Stock	10612500	⁽¹⁾	I	See footnote ⁽²⁾

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Subject to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Spark HoldCo, LLC, the units of Spark HoldCo, LLC (the "Spark HoldCo Units"), together with a corresponding number of shares of Class B Common Stock (the "Class B Common Stock") of Spark Energy, Inc. (the "Issuer") may be exchanged, at any time and from time to time, for Class A Common Stock of the Issuer (or cash at the Issuer or Spark HoldCo's election) at an exchange ratio of one share of Class A Common Stock for each Spark HoldCo Unit (and corresponding share of Class B Common Stock).
(2)	The reporting person became the beneficial owner of the securities reported herein through a contribution by TxEx Energy Investments, LLC of 10,612,500 Spark HoldCo Units and 10,612,500 shares of Class B Common Stock pursuant to an internal reorganization. The reporting person is a wholly owned subsidiary of TxEx Energy Investments, LLC.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Retailco, LLC 12140 WICKCHESTER LANE SUITE 100 HOUSTON, TX 77079		X

Signatures
/s/ Retailco, LLC, by Gil Melman, as Attorney-in-Fact		1/20/2016
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note:	File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number.