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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>GENIE ENERGY LTD.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified
  in its charter)</B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; 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>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>520 Broad Street</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Newark, New Jersey 07102</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 438-3500</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices,
  Including Zip Code and Telephone Number)</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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: 0pt 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: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael Stein</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Genie Energy Ltd.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>520 Broad Street</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Newark, New Jersey 07102</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(973) 438-3500</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(Name, Address, including Zip Code, and
  Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Dov T. Schwell, Esq.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Schwell Wimpfheimer &amp; Associates
  LLP</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>37 West 39<SUP>th</SUP> Street, Suite
  505</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, NY 10018</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(646) 328-0795</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><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-size: 10pt"><B>Large&nbsp;accelerated&nbsp;filer</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 45%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><B>&uml;</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 23%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Accelerated&nbsp;filer</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&thorn;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 5%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Non-accelerated filer</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt"><B>&uml;</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Smaller&nbsp;reporting&nbsp;company</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 10pt">&thorn;</FONT></TD>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Emerging&nbsp;growth&nbsp;company</B></FONT> &nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Wingdings">&uml;</FONT> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><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;&nbsp;</B><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&uml;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>to be</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Offering Price</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Proposed</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Aggregate</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount of</B></P> <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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 $.01 per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">372,000</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">9.48</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">3,526,560</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">427.42</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">372,000</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">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; 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">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">3,526,560</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">427.42</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>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 4, 2019.</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt">The documents containing
  the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Genie Energy Ltd. 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: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Incorporation of Documents
  By Reference.</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents
  filed with the 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>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(a) The Registrant&rsquo;s
  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the Commission on March 19, 2019;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b) The
  Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2019;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c) The
  Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 4, 2019, January 8, 2019, January 28, 2019,
  March 7, 2019, April 10, 2019, May 6, 2019, May 10, 2019 and May 14, 2019; and</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(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: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents subsequently
  filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
  amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
  shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
  for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
  document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
  such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
  Registration Statement.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;4.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Description of Securities.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts
  and Counsel.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">None.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification of Directors
  and Officers.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s
  Certificate of Incorporation provides that, no director shall be personally liable to the Corporation or any of its stockholders
  for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for breach of the director&rsquo;s
  duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) pursuant to Section 174 of the GCL or (iv) for any transaction from which the director
  derived an improper personal benefit&nbsp;&nbsp;and that&nbsp;any alteration, amendment or repeal of this section by the stockholders
  of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of
  such alteration, amendment or repeal with respect to acts or omissions occurring prior to such alteration, amendment or repeal.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&rsquo;s
  By-Laws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify 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: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The 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&rsquo; 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: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption from Registration
  Claimed.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;Not applicable.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item&nbsp;8.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Exhibits.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 90%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><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="text-align: center">4.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390019005998/def14a0419_genieenergy.htm">Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated on March 6, 2019) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 8, 2019).</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="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* 5.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82019ex5-1_genie.htm">Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">*&nbsp;23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82019ex5-1_genie.htm">Consent of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* 23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82019ex23-2_genie.htm">Consent of Marcum, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">* 23.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82019ex23-3_genie.htm">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center">24.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#poa">Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt">*</TD><TD>Filed herewith</TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Item&nbsp;9.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Undertakings.</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(a)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(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: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 1.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(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: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 1.25in; text-align: justify"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(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: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 1.25in; text-align: justify"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(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: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1.25in; 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: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.75in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(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: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.75in; text-align: justify"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: justify">(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: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(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: 7pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; width: 100%"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: justify">
  <TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in; text-align: left">(c)</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
  under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
  the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
  that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
  by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
  asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
  the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
  by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
  </TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"></P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><A NAME="poa"></A>SIGNATURES</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
  of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newark, State of New Jersey, on June 5, 2019.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 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="vertical-align: top; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Michael Stein</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Michael Stein</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned directors
  and officers hereby constitute and appoint Michael Stein, with full power to act and with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
  our true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power to execute in our name in the capacities indicated any and all amendments
  (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement and to sign any and all additional registration statements
  relating to the same offering of securities as this Form S-8 that are filed pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
  of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission and hereby ratify and confirm that all such attorneys-in fact, or either of them, or their substitutes shall lawfully
  do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements
  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form S-8 Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities indicated as of June 5, 2019.</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">
      <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; width: 49%; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Signature</B></P></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; padding-left: 0.1in; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Titles</B></P></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Howard S. Jonas</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Howard S. Jonas</B></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ James A. Courter</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>James A. Courter</B></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Vice Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">/s/ Michael Stein</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Michael Stein</B></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Chief Executive Officer</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">/s/ Avi Goldin</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Avi Goldin</B></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT><BR>
  <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">/s/ W. Wesley Perry</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>W. Wesley Perry</B></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">/s/ Alan Rosenthal</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"></P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Alan Rosenthal</B></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">/s/ Allan Sass</P>
          <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Allan Sass</B></P></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 90%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1528356/000121390019005998/def14a0419_genieenergy.htm">Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated on March 6, 2019) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 8, 2019).</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="text-align: center">* 5.1</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82019ex5-1_genie.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="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">* 23.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82019ex5-1_genie.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>
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      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">* 23.2</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82019ex23-2_genie.htm">Consent of Marcum, 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="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">* 23.3</FONT></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82019ex23-3_genie.htm">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="#poa">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
  372,000
  (2)
  $
  9.48
  (3)
  $
  3,526,560
  (3)
  $
  427.42
  Total
  372,000
  $
  3,526,560
  $
  427.42
  (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 4, 2019.
  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, 2018, filed with the Commission on March 19, 2019;
  (b) The
  Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2019;
  (c) The
  Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 4, 2019, January 8, 2019, January 28, 2019,
  March 7, 2019, April 10, 2019, May 6, 2019, May 10, 2019 and May 14, 2019; 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.
  2
  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 6, 2019) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 8, 2019).
  * 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 Marcum, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  * 23.3
  Consent of BDO USA, 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.
  (b)
  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that,
  for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report
  pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
  benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
  by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
  therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
  (c)
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising
  under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to
  the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event
  that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid
  by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
  asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will,
  unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
  the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
  by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  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 5, 2019.
  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 5, 2019.
  Signature
  Titles
  /s/ Howard S. Jonas
  Howard S. Jonas
  Chairman of the Board
  /s/ James A. Courter
  James A. Courter
  Vice Chairman of the Board
  /s/ Michael Stein
  Michael Stein
  Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  /s/ Avi Goldin
  Avi Goldin
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
  /s/ W. Wesley Perry
  W. Wesley Perry
  Director
  /s/ Alan Rosenthal
  Alan Rosenthal
  Director
  /s/ Allan Sass
  Allan Sass
  Director
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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 6, 2019) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 8, 2019).
  * 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 Marcum, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  * 23.3
  Consent of BDO USA, 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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