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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Registration
  No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>UNITED
  STATES</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Washington,
  D.C. 20549</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>FORM
  S-8</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>REGISTRATION
  STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>UNDER</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>THE
  SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt"><B>GENIE
  ENERGY LTD.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(Exact
  name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>45-2069276</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>(State of Incorporation)</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; 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: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>520
  Broad Street</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Newark,
  New Jersey 07102</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(973)
  438-3500</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(Address
  of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code and Telephone Number)</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Genie
  Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as Amended and Restated</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(Full
  Title of the Plan)</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Michael
  Stein</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Chief
  Executive Officer</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Genie
  Energy Ltd.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>520
  Broad Street</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Newark,
  New Jersey 07102</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(973)
  438-3500</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(Name,
  Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><I>Copies
  to:</I></B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Dov
  T. Schwell, Esq.</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Schwell
  Wimpfheimer &amp; Associates LLP</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>1430
  Broadway, Suite 1615</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>New
  York, NY 10018</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>(646)
  328-0795</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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></FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <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%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></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%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&thorn;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"></FONT></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><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></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: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Emerging&nbsp;growth&nbsp;company
  </B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp; <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></P>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; background-color: white; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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>&#9744;</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>CALCULATION
  OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 7pt">&nbsp;</FONT></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="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Amount to be Registered(1)</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid">Amount of Registration Fee</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1.5pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 52%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">Class B Common Stock, par value $.01 per share</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">974,199</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">5.06</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">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">4,929,447</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: right">613.72</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 4pt">Total</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 4pt double; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 4pt double; text-align: right">974,199</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 4pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 4pt double; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 4pt double; text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 4pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 4pt double; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 4pt double; text-align: right">4,929,447</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 4pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 4pt">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 4pt double; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 4pt double; text-align: right">613.72</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 4pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(2)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Represents
                                           shares of Class B Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to the SOP.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(3)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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 15, 2018.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>PART
  I</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>SECTION
  10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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)).</FONT></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>PART
  II</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>INFORMATION
  REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;3.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Incorporation of Documents By Reference.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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:</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
  Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on March
  16, 2018;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2018;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
  Registrant&rsquo;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 16, 2018, January 29, 2018, February 26, 2018,
  March 8, 2018, March 27, 2018, April 16, 2018, May 3, 2018, May 9, 2018 and May 10, 2018;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
  Registrant&rsquo;s Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on January 2, 2018; and</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
  description of the Class B common stock, par value $.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.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;4.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Description of Securities.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Not
  applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" STYLE="width: 100%; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;5.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">None.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" STYLE="width: 100%; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;7.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Not
  applicable.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" STYLE="width: 100%; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;8.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Exhibits.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1.5pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 90%; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Description</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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/1528356/000121390018004197/0001213900-18-004197-index.htm">Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated on March 26, 2018) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 9, 2018).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">* 5.1</FONT></TD>
      <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"><A HREF="fs82018ex5-1_genie.htm">Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">* 23.1</FONT></TD>
      <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"><A HREF="fs82018ex5-1_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="padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; 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">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82018ex23-1_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="padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">24.1</FONT></TD>
      <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"><A HREF="#poa">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: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">*</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Filed herewith</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" BORDER="0" STYLE="width: 100%; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify; width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Item&nbsp;9.</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Undertakings.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(a)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">The
                                           undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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: 55.05pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(1)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">To
                                           file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment
                                           to this Registration Statement:</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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: 79.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(i)</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">To
                                           include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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: 79.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(ii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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: 79.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(iii)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 81pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><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.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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: 55.05pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(2)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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: 55.05pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(3)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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: 24.45pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(b)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></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: 24.5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 27pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(c)</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B><A NAME="poa"></A>SIGNATURES</B></FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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 18, 2018.</FONT></P>
  
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Genie Energy Ltd.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="width: 60%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 37%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Michael Stein</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Michael Stein</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive
      Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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 18, 2018.</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"></P>
  
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      <TD NOWRAP STYLE="width: 40%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 2%; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 58%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-left: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Titles</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Howard S. Jonas</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman
      of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Howard
      S. Jonas</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      James A Courter</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Vice
      Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>James
      A. Courter</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Michael Stein</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Chief
  Executive Officer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Michael
      Stein</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: center">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: center; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Avi Goldin</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief
      Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Avi
      Goldin</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><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="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      W. Wesley Perry</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR>
      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>W.
      Wesley Perry</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Alan Rosenthal</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Alan
      Rosenthal</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/
      Allan Sass</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Allan
      Sass</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="text-align: center; padding-left: 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  
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      <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/1528356/000121390018004197/0001213900-18-004197-index.htm">Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated on March 26, 2018) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant&rsquo;s Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 9, 2018).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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      5.1</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82018ex5-1_genie.htm">Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.</A></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"><A HREF="fs82018ex5-1_genie.htm">Consent of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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      23.2</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><A HREF="fs82018ex23-1_genie.htm">Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</A>.</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <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
  1430
  Broadway, Suite 1615
  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
  ☐
  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
  974,199
  (2)
  $
  5.06
  (3)
  $
  4,929,447
  (3)
  $
  613.72
  Total
  974,199
  $
  4,929,447
  $
  613.72
  (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 15, 2018.
  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, 2017, filed with the Commission on March
  16, 2018;
  (b)       Our
  Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, filed with the Commission on May 10, 2018;
  (c)       The
  Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 16, 2018, January 29, 2018, February 26, 2018,
  March 8, 2018, March 27, 2018, April 16, 2018, May 3, 2018, May 9, 2018 and May 10, 2018;
  (d)       The
  Registrant's Amended Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed with the Commission on January 2, 2018; and
  (e)       The
  description of the Class B common stock, par value $.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 26, 2018) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 9, 2018).
  * 5.1
  Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.
  * 23.1
  Consent of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
  * 23.2
  Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).
  *
  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.
  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 18, 2018.
  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 18, 2018.
  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
  4
  EXHIBIT
  INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  4.1
  Genie Energy Ltd. 2011 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as Amended and Restated on March 26, 2018) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit A of the Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 9, 2018).
  *
      5.1
  Legal Opinion of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP.
  *23.1
  Consent of Schwell Wimpfheimer and Associates LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
  *
      23.2
  Consent of BDO USA, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
  .
  24.1
  Power of Attorney (included in the Signature Pages to this Registration Statement).
  *
  Filed herewith
  5