Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * GOLDIN AVI	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Genie Energy Ltd. [ GNE ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) CFO
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD., 520 BROAD STREET	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 2/11/2021
(Street) NEWARK, NJ 07102 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value per share								48859 (1)	D
Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value per share								1900	I	By Individual Retirement Account
Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value per share								400	I	By Wife's 401(k) Plan
Series 2012-A Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share								300	I	By Wife's 401(k) Plan

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Deferred Stock Units	(2)	2/11/2021		A		30000		(2)	2/10/2022 (3)	Class B Common Stock	30000	$0.00	30000	D
Deferred Stock Units	(4)	2/11/2021		A		30000		(4)	2/10/2022 (5)	Class B Common Stock	30000	$0.00	30000	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Includes 16,036 restricted shares which vest on August 1, 2021.
(2)	Each Deferred Stock Unit ("DSU") entitles the Reporting Person to a grant of 30,000 restricted shares of the Registrant's Class B common stock the business day following the date the stock has a 30 trading day average closing price of $9.04 or greater. Should the restricted stock be granted, the shares shall vest ratably over a three year period, commencing on the first anniversary of the restricted stock grant date.
(3)	The DSUs will expire on February 10, 2022 should the 30 trading day average closing price of $9.04 or greater not occur, in which case no shares of restricted stock shall be granted.
(4)	Each DSU entitles the Reporting Person to a grant of 30,000 restricted shares of the Registrant's Class B common stock the business day following the date the stock has a 30 trading day average closing price of $10.84 or greater. Should the restricted stock be granted, the shares shall vest ratably over a three year period, commencing on the first anniversary of the restricted stock grant date.
(5)	The DSUs will expire on February 10, 2022 should the 30 trading day average closing price of $10.84 or greater not occur, in which case no shares of restricted stock shall be granted.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
GOLDIN AVI C/O GENIE ENERGY LTD. 520 BROAD STREET NEWARK, NJ 07102			CFO

Signatures
Joyce J. Mason, by Power of Attorney		2/16/2021
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date