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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>GENIE ENERGY LTD.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in
  its charter)</B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; 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 STYLE="text-align: center">&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-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>520 Broad Street</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Newark, New Jersey 07102</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 438-3500</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
  Including Zip Code and Telephone Number)</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive
  Plan, as Amended and Restated</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Full Title of the Plan)</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael Stein</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: center"><B>Genie Energy Ltd.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>520 Broad Street</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Newark, New Jersey 07102</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 438-3500</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone
  Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Copies to:</I></B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Dov T. Schwell, Esq.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Schwell Wimpfheimer &amp; Associates LLP</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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: 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10018</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(646) 328-0795</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 19%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 45%">&#9744;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 23%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Accelerated&nbsp;filer</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings; margin: 0">&#254;</P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Non-accelerated filer</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD>&#9744;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings; margin: 0">&#254;</P></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Emerging&nbsp;growth&nbsp;company
  </B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></FONT></P>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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;</B>&#9744;</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Title of Securities to be Registered</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>to be</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Registered(1)</B></P></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Offering Price</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Per Share</B></P></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Aggregate</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Offering&nbsp;Price</B></P></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount of</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Registration&nbsp;Fee</B></P></TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 52%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">300,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left"><SUP>(2)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 1%; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 9%; text-align: right">7.23</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left"><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">2,169,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left"><SUP>(3)</SUP></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">281.54</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-indent: -0.25in; padding-left: 0.25in">Total</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">300,000</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">2,169,000</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">281.54</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;Securities Act&rdquo;), the number of shares
  being registered shall be adjusted to include such additional indeterminate number of shares as may be issuable pursuant to the
  anti-dilution provisions of the Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &ldquo;SOP&rdquo;).
  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount
  of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Represents shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the SOP.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities
  Act, and based upon the average of the high and low reported prices of the shares of the Class B Common Stock of the Registrant
  (&ldquo;Class B Common Stock&rdquo;) on the New York Stock Exchange on June 23, 2020.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;<B>&nbsp;</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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. 2011 Stock Option
  and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the &ldquo;SOP&rdquo;) as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be
  filed with the Commission, 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: 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Incorporation of Documents By
  Reference.</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;Commission&rdquo;) 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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(a) The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
  year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on March 16, 2020;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">(b) The Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report
  on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on May 11, 2020;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">(c) The Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports
  on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 8, 2020, March 12, 2020, March 25, 2020, April 7, 2020, April 22, 2020, May 7,
  2020 and June 10, 2020; and</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="text-align: justify; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">(d) The description of the Class B common stock, par value $0.01
  per share (the &ldquo;Class B Common Stock&rdquo;), of the Registrant set forth in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement
  filed on Form S-3, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;5, 2018 including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
  updating such information.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Description of Securities.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and
  Counsel.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">None.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors and
  Officers.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s
  By-Laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
  threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
  an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation,
  or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer, employee
  or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses
  (including attorneys&rsquo; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
  with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
  his conduct was unlawful.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The By-laws further provide
  that the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
  or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
  he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request
  of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
  benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
  with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
  or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim,
  issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent
  that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
  the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
  indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Exhibits.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 10%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 89%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390020010299/def14a0420_genieenergy.htm">Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated on March 11, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 28, 2020).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*&nbsp;5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea123390ex5-1_genieenergy.htm">Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*&nbsp;23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea123390ex5-1_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>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* 23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea123390ex23-2_genieenergy.htm">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* 23.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea123390ex23-3_genieenergy.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Marcum, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#poa_001">Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt">*</TD><TD>Filed herewith</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Undertakings.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt">(a)</TD><TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 55.05pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt">(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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 79.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 27pt">(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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 79.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 27pt">(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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 79.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 27pt">(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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 81pt; 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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 55.05pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 27pt">(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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 55.05pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 27pt">(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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify"></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 27pt">(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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 24.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 27pt">(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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="poa_001"></A>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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 June 24, 2020.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="width: 100%; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <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 STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: top">/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: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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 June 24, 2020.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; white-space: nowrap; width: 49%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 49%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Titles</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><B>/s/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Howard
      S. Jonas</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Howard S. Jonas</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><B>/s/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">James
      A. Courter</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vice Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>James A. Courter</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><B>/s/ Michael Stein</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><B>Michael Stein</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><B>/s/ Avi Goldin</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><B>Avi Goldin</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><B>/s/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">W.
      Wesley Perry</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>W. Wesley Perry</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><B>/s/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Alan
      Rosenthal</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Alan Rosenthal</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD><B>&nbsp;</B></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; white-space: nowrap; text-align: center"><B>/s/ <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Allan
      Sass</FONT></B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Allan Sass</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 89%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390020010299/def14a0420_genieenergy.htm">Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated on March 11, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 28, 2020).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* 5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea123390ex5-1_genieenergy.htm">Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: white">
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*&nbsp;23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea123390ex5-1_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>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-left: 9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* 23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea123390ex23-2_genieenergy.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* 23.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="ea123390ex23-3_genieenergy.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Marcum, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 9pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#poa_001">Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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text: 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. 2011 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.
  ☐
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Title of Securities to be Registered
  Amount
  to be
  Registered(1)
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Offering Price
  Per Share
  Proposed
  Maximum
  Aggregate
  Offering Price
  Amount of
  Registration Fee
  Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
  300,000
  (2)
  $
  7.23
  (3)
  $
  2,169,000
  (3)
  $
  281.54
  Total
  300,000
  $
  2,169,000
  $
  281.54
  (1)
  Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the number of shares
  being registered shall be adjusted to include such additional indeterminate number of shares as may be issuable pursuant to the
  anti-dilution provisions of the Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "SOP").
  In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount
  of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plans described herein.
  (2)
  Represents shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the SOP.
  (3)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities
  Act, and based upon the average of the high and low reported prices of the shares of the Class B Common Stock of the Registrant
  ("Class B Common Stock") on the New York Stock Exchange on June 23, 2020.
  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. 2011 Stock Option
  and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "SOP") as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). Such documents need not be
  filed with 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)).
  1
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT
  Item 3.    Incorporation of Documents By
  Reference.
  The following documents
  filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (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, 2019, filed with the Commission on March 16, 2020;
  (b) The Registrant's Quarterly Report
  on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on May 11, 2020;
  (c) The Registrant's Current Reports
  on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 8, 2020, March 12, 2020, March 25, 2020, April 7, 2020, April 22, 2020, May 7,
  2020 and June 10, 2020; and
  (d) The description of the Class B common stock, par value $0.01
  per share (the "Class B Common Stock"), 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.
  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 any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
  threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than
  an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation,
  or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer, employee
  or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses
  (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
  with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
  the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
  his conduct was unlawful.
  The By-laws further provide
  that the Corporation shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
  or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that
  he is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request
  of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee
  benefit plan or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
  with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in
  or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim,
  issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent
  that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
  the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
  indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
  II-
  1
  Item 7.    Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8.    Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated on March 11, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 28, 2020).
  * 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.
  * 23.3
  Consent of Marcum, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).
  *
  Filed herewith
  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.
  II-
  2
  (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.
  II-
  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 June 24, 2020.
  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 June 24, 2020.
  Signature
  Titles
  /s/
  Howard
      S. Jonas
  Chairman of the Board
  Howard S. Jonas
  /s/
  James
      A. Courter
  Vice Chairman of the Board
  James A. Courter
  /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/
  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. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated on March 11, 2020) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 28, 2020).
  * 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.
  * 23.3
  Consent of Marcum, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).
  *
  Filed herewith
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