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                             December 13, 2023

       Avi Goldin
       Chief Financial Officer
       Genie Energy Ltd.
       520 Broad Street,
       Newark, New Jersey

                                                        Re: Genie Energy Ltd.
                                                            Form 10-K for the
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022
                                                            Form 8-K furnished
on November 27, 2023
                                                            File No. 001-35327

       Dear Avi Goldin:

                                                        We have reviewed your
filings and have the following comment.

              Please respond to this letter within ten business days by
providing the requested
       information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If
you do not believe a
       comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in
your response.

                                                        After reviewing your
response to this letter, we may have additional comments.

       Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2022

       Form 8-K furnished on November 27, 2023
       Exhibit 99.1, page 1

   1.                                                   In the footnote to
Pro-Forma Financials in the Appendix, you state that Pro-forma
                                                        excludes the Texas
Winter Storm Uri in 2021 and International. Tell us and disclose if
                                                        these pro forma metrics
were prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X. If
                                                        such information has
not been prepared in accordance with Article 11, please revise to
                                                        disclose the basis for
presentation and revise the description of the measures accordingly.
                                                        Refer to Question
100.05 of the Non-GAAP Measures Compliance and Disclosure
                                                        Interpretations as
updated December 13, 2022.
 Avi Goldin
Genie Energy Ltd.
December 13, 2023
Page 2

        We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for
the accuracy
and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action
or absence of
action by the staff.

       Please contact Joanna Lam at 202-551-3476 or Kimberly Calder at
202-551-3701 if you
have questions regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters.



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