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  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;9, 2022</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: right; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND
  EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>GENIE ENERGY
  LTD.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
  charter)</B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 50%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 49%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>45-2069276</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(State of Incorporation)</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>520 Broad Street</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Newark, New Jersey 07102</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 438-3500</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including
  Zip Code and Telephone Number)</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Genie Energy Ltd. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive
  Plan, as Amended and Restated</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan)</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael Stein</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Genie Energy Ltd.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>520 Broad Street</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Newark, New Jersey 07102</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 438-3500</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Dov T. Schwell, Esq.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Schwell Wimpfheimer &amp; Associates LLP</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>37 West 39<SUP>th</SUP> Street, Suite 505</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10018</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(646) 328-0795</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a small reporting company. See definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo;
  &ldquo;accelerated filer&rdquo; and &ldquo;small reporting company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 25%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 39%">&#9744;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><B></B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 23%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Accelerated&nbsp;filer</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&thorn;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Non-accelerated filer</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD>&#9744;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><B></B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&thorn;</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Emerging&nbsp;growth&nbsp;company</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD>&#9744;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: justify; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><B>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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&#9744;</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt">The documents containing the
  information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Genie Energy Ltd. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive
  Plan, as amended and restated as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;), either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
  Rule 424 (&sect;230.424). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in the registration statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3
  of Part II of this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section&nbsp;10(a) of the Securities Act.
  See Rule 428(a)(1) (&sect;230.428(a)(1)).</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents filed
  with the Commission by the Registrant, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;), are
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021015538/gne-20201231.htm">Form 10-K</A> for the
  fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on March 16, 2021;</TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(b)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (i)
  for the quarter ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021025070/gne-20210331.htm">March 31, 2021</A>, filed with the Commission on May 7, 2021, (ii) for the quarter ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021041025/gne-20210630.htm">June 30, 2021</A>, filed with
  the Commission on August 9, 2021, and (iii) for the quarter ended <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021057678/gne-20210930.htm">September 30, 2021</A>, filed with the Commission on November 9, 2021;</TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(c)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021001978/ea133253-8k_genieener.htm">January
                                                                                    13, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021014717/ea137366-8k_genieenergy.htm">March 11,
                                                                                    2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021021535/ea139490-8k_genieenergy.htm">April 14,
                                                                                    2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021024787/ea140420-8k_genieenergy.htm">May 6, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021025698/ea140718-8k_genieenergy.htm">May
                                                                                    12, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021026234/ea140895-8k_genieenergy.htm">May 14,
                                                                                    2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021036194/ea143930-8k_genieenergy.htm">July 8, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021040405/ea145282-8k_genieenergy.htm">August
                                                                                    5, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021049483/ea147849-8k_genieenergy.htm">September 23,
                                                                                    2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021052638/ea148759-8k_genieenergy.htm">October 13,
                                                                                    2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021052877/ea148861-8k_genieenergy.htm">October 14,
                                                                                    2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021056576/ea149948-8k_genieenergy.htm">November 4,
                                                                                    2021</A>,  <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390022002154/ea154022-8k_genieenergy.htm">January 14,
                                                                                    2022</A> and <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390022006049/ea155164-8k_genieenergy.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">February 9, 2022</A>; and</TD>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">(d)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The description of the Class B common stock, par value $0.01
  per share, of the Registrant set forth in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement filed on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390018001252/fs32018_genieenergyltd.htm">Form S-3</A>, filed with the Commission
  on February&nbsp;5, 2018 including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such information and contained in <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021015538/ex42_1.htm">Exhibit 4.2</A> to our Annual Report on 10-K filed with the Commission on March 16, 2021, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
  of updating such information.</TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents subsequently
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
  which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
  to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
  document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
  Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated
  or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
  not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">None.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and
  Officers.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s Certificate
  of Incorporation provides that, no director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages
  for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for breach of the director&rsquo;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation
  or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
  of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit&nbsp;&nbsp;and
  that&nbsp;any alteration, amendment or repeal of this section by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right
  or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such alteration, amendment or repeal with respect to acts or omissions
  occurring prior to such alteration, amendment or repeal.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s By-Laws
  provide that the Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any person against expenses
  (including attorney&rsquo;s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
  any threatened, pending or completed legal proceedings in which such person is involved by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
  officer, employee or agent of the Registrant (or serving in any such capacity with another business organization at the request of the
  Registrant); provided, however, that except as to actions to enforce indemnification rights, the Registrant shall indemnify such person
  seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the proceeding (or part thereof)
  was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Registrant.&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; width: 9%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 90%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021020167/def14a0421_genieenergy.htm">Genie Energy Ltd. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 5, 2021).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea155131ex5-1_genieenergy.htm">Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea155131ex5-1_genieenergy.htm">Consent of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea155131ex23-2_genieenergy.htm">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">*107</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><A HREF="ea155131ex-fee_genieenergy.htm">Filing Fee Table</A></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0%"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in; text-align: left">*</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Filed herewith</TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">(i)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">(ii)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
  in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total
  dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
  maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
  if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price
  set forth in the &ldquo;Calculation of Registration Fee&rdquo; table in the effective Registration Statement; and</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 1in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">(iii)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
  or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1in; text-align: justify"><U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that
  paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) will not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
  is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13
  or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
  to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">(b)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
  filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
  to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
  thereof.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.25in">(c)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
  persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
  incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
  is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
  in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
  question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
  adjudication of such issue.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newark, State of New Jersey, on February 9, 2022.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Genie Energy Ltd.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD STYLE="width: 60%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 36%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom">/s/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Michael Stein</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Michael Stein</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
    </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned directors
  and officers hereby constitute and appoint Michael Stein, with full power to act and with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
  our true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power to execute in our name in the capacities indicated any and all amendments (including
  post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to sign any and all additional registration statements relating to the same
  offering of securities as this Form S-8 that are filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same,
  with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and hereby ratify and
  confirm that all such attorneys-in fact, or either of them, or their substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
  indicated as of February 9, 2022.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 49%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 49%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Titles</B></FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>/s/</B> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Michael
      Stein</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Michael Stein</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>/s/
      Avi Goldin</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Avi Goldin</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>/s/ </B><B>Howard S. Jonas</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Howard S. Jonas</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>/s/ </B><B>Joyce Mason</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>/s/ </B><B>W. Wesley Perry</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>W. Wesley Perry</B></FONT></TD>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>/s/ </B><B>Alan Rosenthal</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Alan Rosenthal</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><B>/s/ </B><B>Allan Sass</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Allan Sass</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390021020167/def14a0421_genieenergy.htm">Genie Energy Ltd. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 5, 2021).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea155131ex5-1_genieenergy.htm">Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea155131ex5-1_genieenergy.htm">Consent of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea155131ex23-2_genieenergy.htm">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#a_001">Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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text: As
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 9, 2022
  Registration No. 333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND
  EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  GENIE ENERGY
  LTD.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its
  charter)
  Delaware
  45-2069276
  (State of Incorporation)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
  520 Broad Street
  Newark, New Jersey 07102
  (973) 438-3500
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including
  Zip Code and Telephone Number)
  Genie Energy Ltd. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive
  Plan, as Amended and Restated
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Michael Stein
  Chief Executive Officer
  Genie Energy Ltd.
  520 Broad Street
  Newark, New Jersey 07102
  (973) 438-3500
  (Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Copies to:
  Dov T. Schwell, Esq.
  Schwell Wimpfheimer & Associates LLP
  37 West 39
  th
  Street, Suite 505
  New York, NY 10018
  (646) 328-0795
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
  filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a small reporting company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
  "accelerated filer" and "small reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
  Large accelerated filer
  ☐
  Accelerated filer
  þ
  Non-accelerated filer
  ☐
  Smaller reporting company
  þ
  Emerging growth company
  ☐
  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 the Securities Act. ☐
  PART I
  SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  The documents containing the
  information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Genie Energy Ltd. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive
  Plan, as amended and restated as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "Commission"), either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to
  Rule 424 (§230.424). These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in the registration statement pursuant to Item 3
  of Part II of this Form, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
  See Rule 428(a)(1) (§230.428(a)(1)).
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference.
  The following documents filed
  with the Commission by the Registrant, pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are
  incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
  (a)
  The Registrant's Annual Report on
  Form 10-K
  for the
  fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on March 16, 2021;
  (b)
  The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q (i)
  for the quarter ended
  March 31, 2021
  , filed with the Commission on May 7, 2021, (ii) for the quarter ended
  June 30, 2021
  , filed with
  the Commission on August 9, 2021, and (iii) for the quarter ended
  September 30, 2021
  , filed with the Commission on November 9, 2021;
  (c)
  The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
  January
                                                                                    13, 2021
  ,
  March 11,
                                                                                    2021
  ,
  April 14,
                                                                                    2021
  ,
  May 6, 2021
  ,
  May
                                                                                    12, 2021
  ,
  May 14,
                                                                                    2021
  ,
  July 8, 2021
  ,
  August
                                                                                    5, 2021
  ,
  September 23,
                                                                                    2021
  ,
  October 13,
                                                                                    2021
  ,
  October 14,
                                                                                    2021
  ,
  November 4,
                                                                                    2021
  ,
  January 14,
                                                                                    2022
  and
  February 9, 2022
  ; and
  (d)
  The description of the Class B common stock, par value $0.01
  per share, of the Registrant set forth in the Registrant's Registration Statement filed on
  Form S-3
  , filed with the Commission
  on February 5, 2018 including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such information and contained in
  Exhibit 4.2
  to our Annual Report on 10-K filed with the Commission on March 16, 2021, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose
  of updating such information.
  All documents subsequently
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
  which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
  to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained in a
  document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
  Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated
  or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall
  not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  None.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and
  Officers.
  The Registrant's Certificate
  of Incorporation provides that, no director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders for monetary damages
  for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation
  or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
  of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit  and
  that any alteration, amendment or repeal of this section by the stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right
  or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such alteration, amendment or repeal with respect to acts or omissions
  occurring prior to such alteration, amendment or repeal.
  The Registrant's By-Laws
  provide that the Registrant shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, any person against expenses
  (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred in connection with
  any threatened, pending or completed legal proceedings in which such person is involved by reason of the fact that he is or was a director,
  officer, employee or agent of the Registrant (or serving in any such capacity with another business organization at the request of the
  Registrant); provided, however, that except as to actions to enforce indemnification rights, the Registrant shall indemnify such person
  seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the proceeding (or part thereof)
  was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Registrant.
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  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Genie Energy Ltd. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 5, 2021).
  *5.1
  Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.
  *23.1
  Consent of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
  *23.2
  Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).
  *107
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Filed herewith
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  2
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  (a)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1)
  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
  (i)
  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
  (ii)
  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth
  in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total
  dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated
  maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
  if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price
  set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration Statement; and
  (iii)
  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
  or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.
  provided
  ,
  however
  , that
  paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) will not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
  is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13
  or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
  (2)
  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
  to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
  be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (3)
  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
  termination of the offering.
  (b)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
  filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (and,
  where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
  Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
  to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
  thereof.
  (c)
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
  persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
  Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
  incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
  is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
  in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
  question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
  adjudication of such issue.
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  3
  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newark, State of New Jersey, on February 9, 2022.
  Genie Energy Ltd.
  By:
  /s/
  Michael Stein
  Michael Stein
  Chief Executive Officer
  The undersigned directors
  and officers hereby constitute and appoint Michael Stein, with full power to act and with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
  our true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power to execute in our name in the capacities indicated any and all amendments (including
  post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to sign any and all additional registration statements relating to the same
  offering of securities as this Form S-8 that are filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same,
  with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and hereby ratify and
  confirm that all such attorneys-in fact, or either of them, or their substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities
  indicated as of February 9, 2022.
  Signature
  Titles
  /s/
  Michael
      Stein
  Chief Executive Officer
  Michael Stein
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/
      Avi Goldin
  Chief Financial Officer
  Avi Goldin
  (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  /s/
  Howard S. Jonas
  Chairman of the Board
  Howard S. Jonas
  /s/
  Joyce Mason
  Director
  Joyce Mason
  /s/
  W. Wesley Perry
  Director
  W. Wesley Perry
  /s/
  Alan Rosenthal
  Director
  Alan Rosenthal
  /s/
  Allan Sass
  Director
  Allan Sass
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Genie Energy Ltd. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 5, 2021).
  *5.1
  Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.
  *23.1
  Consent of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
  *23.2
  Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).
  *107
  Filing Fee Table
  *
  Filed herewith
  II-5