As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 13, 2024 Registration Statement No. 333-266615   UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549     POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-3 REGISTRATION STATEMENT NO. 333-266615 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933     Via Renewables, Inc. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)       Delaware   46-5453215 (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 12140 Wickchester Ln., Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77079 (713) 600-2600 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants’ principal executive offices)     Mike Barajas Chief Financial Officer 12140 Wickchester Ln., Suite 100 Houston, Texas 77079 (713) 600-2600 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)     Copies to: Clint H. Smith Jones Walker LLP 201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 5100 New Orleans, Louisiana 70170 (504) 582-8429     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: Not applicable If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box:  ? If any of the securities being registered on this Form are being 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: ? 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.  ? 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EXPLANATORY NOTE DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 (this “Post-Effective Amendment”) relates to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-266615) (the “Registration Statement”), filed by Via Renewables, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), 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’s (a) shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), (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. On June 7, 2024, the Registrant’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 (“Parent”), and NuRetailco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), 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’s indirect, sole owner) (the “Merger”).   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. SIGNATURES 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.   Via Renewables, Inc. By:   /s/ Mike Barajas   Mike Barajas   Chief Financial Officer 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. #102167333v2 #102167333v2