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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>As filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2017 </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=right><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registration No.
  333-</FONT></B></P>
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      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid" align=center width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>UNITED STATES</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
    COMMISSION</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid" align=center width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>FORM S-8</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>UNDER</FONT></I></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>THE SECURITIES ACT OF
        1933</FONT></I></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid" align=center width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=6>General Electric
      Company</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
        Charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>New York</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
        or Organization)</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="100%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>14-0689340</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(I.R.S. Employer Identification
      No.)</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD width="100%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>41 Farnsworth Street</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Boston, Massachusetts 02210</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Address of Principal Executive
        Offices)</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" width="100%">&nbsp; </TD></TR>
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      <TD width="100%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>GE 2007 Long-Term Incentive
    Plan</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="text-align: center" width="100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Christoph A.
  Pereira<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Vice President,
  Chief Corporate, Securities and Finance Counsel<BR>General Electric
  Company<BR>41 Farnsworth Street<BR>Boston, Massachusetts
  02210<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Name and Address of
  Agent for Service) </FONT></B></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(617)
  443-3000<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=1>(Telephone Number,
  Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
  company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148;
  &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the
  Exchange Act. (Check one):</FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Large accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="70%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Accelerated filer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Non-accelerated
        filer&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman">&#9744;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="70%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Do
        not check if smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Smaller reporting company&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&#9744;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="70%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="11%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Emerging growth company</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="16%">&#9744;</TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>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 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></P>
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  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV><BR>
  
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      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 8pt; PADDING-TOP: 8pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" align=center width="108%" colSpan=9><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="108%" colSpan=9>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="92%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="3%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Proposed</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Proposed</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="3%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="92%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amount</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Maximum</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="3%"></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="92%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Title of Securities</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>to be</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Offering Price</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Aggregate</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=center width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Amount of</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="92%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>to be Registered</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registered (2)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Per Share (2)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Offering Price (2)</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" noWrap width="3%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Registration Fee (3)</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=left width="92%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Common Stock, $0.06 par value per share (1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=left width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>150,000,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$25.60</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$3,840,000,000</FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="1%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2></FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-TOP: #000000 1pt solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 2pt double" noWrap align=center width="3%" bgColor=#c0c0c0><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>$445,056</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to Rule
        416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
        this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
        Registrant&#146;s common stock in respect of the securities identified in the
        above table as a result of any stock dividend, stock split,
        recapitalization or other similar transactions.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Estimated solely for
        the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(h)
        and (c) under the Securities Act. The maximum offering price per share is
        based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of
        General Electric Company as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
        July 24, 2017.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(3)</FONT></TD>
      <TD vAlign=top noWrap></TD>
      <TD width="100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Estimated solely for
        the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o)
        under the Securities Act. Calculated in accordance with Section 6 of the
        Securities Act and Rule 457 under the Securities Act by multiplying
        0.0001159 and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. Further,
        pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, $78,532.30 of the
        registration fees previously paid by the Registrant with respect to shares
        of common stock remaining unsold after the termination of the offering
        under the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC file number
        333-186882), initially filed on February 26, 2013, with the subsequent
        Prospectus Supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the
        Securities Act on February 27, 2013, is being used to offset the
        registration fee due in connection with this Registration Statement.
        Accordingly, a filing fee of $366,523.70 is being paid
    herewith.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>2 </FONT></P>
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  <DIV style="PAGE-BREAK-BEFORE: always"></DIV>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INTRODUCTION</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>This Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 is filed by General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the
  &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148; or &#147;we&#148;), relating to 150,000,000 shares of the
  Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.06 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), to be
  offered and sold under the GE 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and
  restated April 26, 2017 (the &#147;Plan&#148;), which shares of Common Stock are in
  addition to the 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the Company&#146;s
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;2007 Registration Statement&#148;) filed on
  April 30, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) (SEC file
  number 333-142452) and the 425,000,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the
  Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;2012 Registration Statement&#148;
  and, together with the 2007 Registration Statement, the &#147;Prior Registration
  Statements&#148;) filed on May 4, 2012 with the SEC (SEC file number 333-181177).
  </FONT></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>This Registration Statement
  relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration
  Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to
  Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General
  Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are
  incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement,
  except as amended hereby. </FONT></P>
  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>PART
  II<BR></FONT></B><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Item 8.
  Exhibits</FONT></B></P>
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      <TD NOWRAP ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="1%" STYLE="text-align: right"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Exhibit</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Description</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP WIDTH="1%" STYLE="text-align: center"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>No.</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD noWrap style="text-align: center" width="1%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The Restated Certificate of
        Incorporation of General Electric Company (Incorporated by reference to
        Exhibit 3(i) of the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
        year ended December 31, 2013), as amended by the Certificate of Amendment,
        dated December 2, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
        Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 3, 2015), as further
        amended by the Certificate of Amendment, dated January 19, 2016
        (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company&#146;s Current Report
        on Form 8-K, dated January 20, 2016) and as further amended by the
        Certificate of Change of General Electric Company (Incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 3(1) of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
        dated September 1, 2016 (in each case, under SEC file number
        001-00035).</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>The
        Company&#146;s By-Laws, as amended and restated on June 9, 2017 (Incorporated
        by reference to Exhibit 3(1) of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K
        dated June 9, 2017 (SEC file number 001-00035)).</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher
        LLP*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered
        Public Accounting Firm relating to the Company&#146;s Form 10-K for the fiscal
        year ended December 31, 2016*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Consent of Gibson, Dunn &amp; Crutcher LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Power of Attorney of General Electric
        Company*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>GE
        2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated April 26,
        2017*</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" width="100%" colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left; width: 1%; vertical-align: top"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=right width="1%"></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: left; width: 100%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
      <P STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>3</FONT></P>
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  <P align=center><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>SIGNATURES</FONT></B></P>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, General Electric Company 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 Registration Statement to be
  signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
  of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 28th day of July,
  2017.</FONT></P>
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      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman"
        size=2>GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>By:&nbsp;&nbsp;
        </FONT><FONT style="PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid"
        face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Christoph A.
        Pereira&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
        size=2>Name: Christoph A. Pereira</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="50%"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
        size=2>Title: Vice President, Chief Corporate, Securities and Finance
        Counsel</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  <P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below
  by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</FONT></P>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="35%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Name</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="33%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Title</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="28%"><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Date</FONT></B></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Jeffrey R. Immelt</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
        Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Jeffrey S. Bornstein</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><FONT STYLE="BACKGROUND-COLOR: Transparent">Vice Chairman</FONT> and Chief Financial
        Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Jan
        R. Hauser</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Vice
        President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>(Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*S&#233;bastien M. Bazin</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*John J. Brennan</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Francisco D&#146;Souza</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Marijn E. Dekkers</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Peter B. Henry</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Susan J. Hockfield</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Andrea Jung</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Robert W. Lane</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Risa Lavizzo-Mourey</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Rochelle B. Lazarus</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Lowell C. McAdam</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Steven M. Mollenkopf</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*James J. Mulva</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*James E. Rohr</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*Mary L. Schapiro</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR>
      <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="35%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*James S. Tisch</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="33%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Director</FONT></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="28%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>July
        28, 2017</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
  <TABLE style="LINE-HEIGHT: 14pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="50%" border=0>
  
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="99%" colSpan=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>A
        Majority of the Board of Directors.</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD width="99%" colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>*
        By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
      <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1pt solid" noWrap align=left width="98%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>/s/ Christoph A. Pereira</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="98%"><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman">Christoph A. Pereira</FONT></TD></TR>
    <TR vAlign=bottom>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="1%"></TD>
      <TD noWrap align=left width="98%"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2>Attorney-in-Fact</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><BR>
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text: As filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2017
  Registration No.
  333-
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
    COMMISSION
  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF
        1933
  General Electric
      Company
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its
        Charter)
  New York
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation
        or Organization)
  14-0689340
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification
      No.)
  41 Farnsworth Street
  Boston, Massachusetts 02210
  (Address of Principal Executive
        Offices)
  GE 2007 Long-Term Incentive
    Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Christoph A.
  Pereira
  Vice President,
  Chief Corporate, Securities and Finance Counsel
  General Electric
  Company
  41 Farnsworth Street
  Boston, Massachusetts
  02210
  (Name and Address of
  Agent for Service)
  (617)
  443-3000
  (Telephone Number,
  Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
  Indicate by check mark whether
  the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
  non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth
  company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer,"
  "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
  Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer
  ☒
  Accelerated filer
  ☐
  Non-accelerated
        filer
  ☐
  (Do
        not check if smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company
  ☐
  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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
  ☐
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed
  Proposed
  Amount
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Title of Securities
  to be
  Offering Price
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  to be Registered
  Registered (2)
  Per Share (2)
  Offering Price (2)
  Registration Fee (3)
  Common Stock, $0.06 par value per share (1)
  150,000,000
  $25.60
  $3,840,000,000
  $445,056
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule
        416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
        this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
        Registrant's common stock in respect of the securities identified in the
        above table as a result of any stock dividend, stock split,
        recapitalization or other similar transactions.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for
        the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(h)
        and (c) under the Securities Act. The maximum offering price per share is
        based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of
        General Electric Company as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
        July 24, 2017.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for
        the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(o)
        under the Securities Act. Calculated in accordance with Section 6 of the
        Securities Act and Rule 457 under the Securities Act by multiplying
        0.0001159 and the proposed maximum aggregate offering price. Further,
        pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, $78,532.30 of the
        registration fees previously paid by the Registrant with respect to shares
        of common stock remaining unsold after the termination of the offering
        under the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (SEC file number
        333-186882), initially filed on February 26, 2013, with the subsequent
        Prospectus Supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the
        Securities Act on February 27, 2013, is being used to offset the
        registration fee due in connection with this Registration Statement.
        Accordingly, a filing fee of $366,523.70 is being paid
    herewith.
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  INTRODUCTION
  This Registration Statement on
  Form S-8 is filed by General Electric Company, a New York corporation (the
  "Company" or the "Registrant" or "we"), relating to 150,000,000 shares of the
  Company's common stock, par value $0.06 per share (the "Common Stock"), to be
  offered and sold under the GE 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and
  restated April 26, 2017 (the "Plan"), which shares of Common Stock are in
  addition to the 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the Company's
  Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "2007 Registration Statement") filed on
  April 30, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") (SEC file
  number 333-142452) and the 425,000,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the
  Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "2012 Registration Statement"
  and, together with the 2007 Registration Statement, the "Prior Registration
  Statements") filed on May 4, 2012 with the SEC (SEC file number 333-181177).
  This Registration Statement
  relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration
  Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to
  Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General
  Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are
  incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement,
  except as amended hereby.
  PART
  II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
  THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 8.
  Exhibits
  Exhibit
  Description
  No.
  3.1
  The Restated Certificate of
        Incorporation of General Electric Company (Incorporated by reference to
        Exhibit 3(i) of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
        year ended December 31, 2013), as amended by the Certificate of Amendment,
        dated December 2, 2015 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
        Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 3, 2015), as further
        amended by the Certificate of Amendment, dated January 19, 2016
        (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company's Current Report
        on Form 8-K, dated January 20, 2016) and as further amended by the
        Certificate of Change of General Electric Company (Incorporated by
        reference to Exhibit 3(1) of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K,
        dated September 1, 2016 (in each case, under SEC file number
        001-00035).
  3.2
  The
        Company's By-Laws, as amended and restated on June 9, 2017 (Incorporated
        by reference to Exhibit 3(1) of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K
        dated June 9, 2017 (SEC file number 001-00035)).
  5.1
  Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
        LLP*
  23.1
  Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered
        Public Accounting Firm relating to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal
        year ended December 31, 2016*
  23.2
  Consent of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
        (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  24.1
  Power of Attorney of General Electric
        Company*
  99.1
  GE
        2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended and restated April 26,
        2017*
  *
  Filed herewith
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, General Electric Company 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 Registration Statement to be
  signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
  of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on this 28th day of July,
  2017.
  GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
  By:
  /s/ Christoph A.
        Pereira
  Name: Christoph A. Pereira
  Title: Vice President, Chief Corporate, Securities and Finance
        Counsel
  Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below
  by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
  Name
  Title
  Date
  *Jeffrey R. Immelt
  Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
        Officer
  July
        28, 2017
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  *Jeffrey S. Bornstein
  Vice Chairman
  and Chief Financial
        Officer
  July
        28, 2017
  (Principal Financial Officer)
  *Jan
        R. Hauser
  Vice
        President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer
  July
        28, 2017
  (Principal Accounting Officer)
  *Sébastien M. Bazin
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *John J. Brennan
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Francisco D'Souza
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Marijn E. Dekkers
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Peter B. Henry
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Susan J. Hockfield
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Andrea Jung
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Robert W. Lane
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Rochelle B. Lazarus
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Lowell C. McAdam
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Steven M. Mollenkopf
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *James J. Mulva
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *James E. Rohr
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *Mary L. Schapiro
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  *James S. Tisch
  Director
  July
        28, 2017
  A
        Majority of the Board of Directors.
  *
        By:
  /s/ Christoph A. Pereira
  Christoph A. Pereira
  Attorney-in-Fact
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