RETAIL ENERGY ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE: Form 990, tax year 2023

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Organization: RETAIL ENERGY ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE (EIN 87-4065892)
Tax period: 2023-12-01 to 2024-11-30
Filed: 2026-02-13
IRS object ID: 202630449349302263
Schema version: 2023v6.0
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2026-02-13T05:24:38-00:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2024-11-30	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	821650312	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Alta CPA Group	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	59 Franklin St 2nd Floor	AddressLine1Txt
City	Annapolis	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MD	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	21401	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2023-12-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	874065892	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RETAIL ENERGY ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	RETA	BusinessNameControlTxt

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 WILSON BLVD STE 1800	AddressLine1Txt
City	ARLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22209	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	CHRISTOPHER ERCOLI	PersonNm
Person Title	CEO	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2026-02-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	Jeffrey Griffith	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P01081433	PTIN
Phone	4103495101	PhoneNum
Preparation	2026-02-13	PreparationDt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2023	TaxYr
Build TS	2025-03-06 01:10:19Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Application Pending	Yes (X)	ApplicationPendingInd
Principal Officer	CHRISTOPHER ERCOLI	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 WILSON BLVD STE 1800	AddressLine1Txt
City	ARLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22209	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$3,117,953	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c	Yes (X)	Organization501cInd
Website Address	HTTPS://WWW.RETAILENERGYCHOICE.ORG/	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	2021	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	PA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	THE RETAIL ENERGY ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE REAL IS A NATIONAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION OF AMERICAN RETAIL ENERGY MARKETS.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	5	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	5	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$2,306,156	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$3,117,953	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$0	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,306,156	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$3,117,953	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$886,203	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,094,203	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,231,037	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$2,043,122	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,117,240	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$3,137,325	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$188,916	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$19,372	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$802,544	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,354,854	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$59,217	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$630,899	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$743,327	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$723,955	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	THE RETAIL ENERGY ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE REAL IS A NATIONAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO THE EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION OF AMERICAN RETAIL ENERGY MARKETS. IN MANY STATES, UTILITY MONOPOLIES STILL CONTROL THE ELECTRIC MARKET AND CUSTOMERS CANNOT CHOOSE WHERE THEY BUY THEIR ELECTRICITY AND GAS.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,778,252	ExpenseAmt
Desc	OUR ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED BY A COALITION OF COMPANIES DEDICATED TO THE EXPANSION AND MODERNIZATION OF AMERICAN RETAIL ENERGY MARKETS. WE BELIEVE SMART REGULATION AND CONSUMER PROTECTIONS ARE THE FOUNDATION FOR A HEALTHY MARKET WHERE STATES CAN CAPITALIZE ON THE INNOVATIONS AND CUSTOMER DEMAND DRIVING OUR TRANSITION TO A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,778,252	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	false	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	false	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	Yes (true)	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	false	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (true)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	false	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	20	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Nondeductible Contri Discl	Yes (true)	NondeductibleContriDisclInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	5	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	5	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	false	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	false	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	PA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	MULTISTATE ASSOCIATES	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Phone	7036841110	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1000 WILSON BLVD SUITE 1800	AddressLine1Txt
City	ARLINGTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	VA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	22209	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
No Listed Persons Compensated	Yes (X)	NoListedPersonsCompensatedInd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (5 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt
MICHAEL SULLIVAN
CHAIRPERSON	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
SCOTT HUDSON
VICE CHAIRPERSON	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JENNIFER SPINOSI
VICE PRESIDENT	040.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOE OLIKER
SECRETARY	001.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JOHN HOLTZ
TREASURER	001.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp (4 entries)

Address Line1ContractorAddress/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt	CityContractorAddress/USAddress/CityNm	State AbbreviationContractorAddress/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd	ZIPContractorAddress/USAddress/ZIPCd	ServicesServicesDesc	CompensationCompensationAmt
BRAVO GROUP INC
20 NORTH 2ND STREET	HARRISBURG	PA	17101	PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	$286,850
MULTISTATE ASSOCIATES LLC
800 NORTH CAPITOL STREET NW STE 800	WASHINGTON	DC	20002	PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	$1,461,556
R STREET INSTITUTE
1411 K STREET NW 900	WASHINGTON	DC	20005	PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	$104,000
WILEY REIN LLP
2050 M STREET NW	WASHINGTON	DC	20036	PROFESSIONAL SERVICES	$718,557

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	4	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$3,117,953	MembershipDuesAmt
Total Contributions	$3,117,953	TotalContributionsAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$3,117,953	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,094,203	TotalAmt
Program Services	$875,362	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$218,841	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$90,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$90,000	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$359,496	TotalAmt
Program Services	$359,496	ProgramServicesAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$965,260	TotalAmt
Program Services	$965,260	ProgramServicesAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fees For Services Prof Fundraising		FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$405,664	TotalAmt
Program Services	$405,664	ProgramServicesAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$50,015	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,400	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$29,615	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$77,318	TotalAmt
Program Services	$61,854	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$15,464	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$40,053	TotalAmt
Program Services	$40,053	ProgramServicesAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$25,766	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,613	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$5,153	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	SPONSORSHIPS	Desc
Total	$29,550	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,550	ProgramServicesAmt

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$3,137,325	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,778,252	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$359,073	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$789,211	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,170,847	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$169,159	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$13,333	BOYAmt
EOY	$14,848	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$802,544	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,354,854	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$59,217	BOYAmt
EOY	$630,899	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$59,217	BOYAmt
EOY	$630,899	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$743,327	BOYAmt
EOY	$723,955	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$743,327	BOYAmt
EOY	$723,955	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$802,544	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,354,854	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$19,372	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Substantially All Dues Nonded	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondedInd
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbyingInd
Agree Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeCarryoverPriorYearInd
Dues Assessments	$3,117,953	DuesAssessmentsAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl CY	$121,244	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclCYAmt
Non Deductible Lbbyng Pltcl Tot	$121,244	NonDeductibleLbbyngPltclTotAmt
Aggregate Reported Dues Ntc	$467,693	AggregateReportedDuesNtcAmt
Taxable	-$346,449	TaxableAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Incl Escrow Custodial Acct Liab	false	InclEscrowCustodialAcctLiabInd

Other Securities OtherSecuritiesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc
Financial derivatives and other financial products
Closely-held equity interests

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Federal income taxes	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,117,953	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$3,117,953	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$3,117,953	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$3,137,325	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$3,137,325	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$3,137,325	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	X 2	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	RETAIL ENERGY ADVANCEMENT LEAGUE HAS OBTAINED TAX-EXEMPT STATUS UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 501C4 AND IS NOT LIABLE FOR INCOME TAX. HOWEVER, THE ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO FEDERAL AND INCOME TAX ON ANY UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME. THE ORGANIZATIONS INFORMATIONAL RETURN FILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO AUDIT BY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, GENERALLY FOR THREE YEARS AFTER FILING.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11	THE FORM 990 IS INITIALLY REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND IS THEN REVIEWED BY THE FULL BOARD PRIOR TO SUBMISSION WITH THE IRS.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19	GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST. THE FORM 990 IS POSTED ON THE FOUNDATIONS WEBSITE, ALONG WITH THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.