---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-008888"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VIASP"
cik: "0001606268"
company_name: "Via Renewables, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T11:53:28.510860+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Via Renewables acting general counsel Barbara Clay steps down; moves to part-time legal role

## Summary
- Effective July 5, 2023, Barbara Clay ceased serving as Acting General Counsel and Secretary of Via Renewables.
- Clay will provide part-time legal and regulatory assistance at $350/hour via Good Counsel Group, LLC.
- Amendment changes her role from full-time officer to part-time consultant on an 'as needed' basis.
- Executed by Spark Energy, a subsidiary, as Amendment No. 3 to the August 2020 Engagement Letter.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-008888
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VIASP
- cik: 0001606268
- company_name: Via Renewables, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-07-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606268/000165495423008888/0001654954-23-008888-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606268/000165495423008888/via_8k.htm

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- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-008888.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-23-008888.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Barbara Clay departed as Acting General Counsel and Secretary at Via Renewables, Inc..
  - Action: no longer serves
  - Role: Acting General Counsel and Secretary
  source text: Accordingly, effective July 5, 2023, Ms. Clay no longer serves as an executive officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1606268/000165495423008888/0001654954-23-008888-index.htm

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