Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant.

(b) On September 23, 2022, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Genie Energy Ltd. (the "Company") approved the appointment of Zwick CPA, LLC ("Zwick") to serve as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm. The decision to engage Zwick was made after a competitive bidding process and evaluation. Zwick had served as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for Genie Retail Energy International, LLC, a subsidiary of the Company ("GREI International"), for the years ending December 31, 2021, and 2020. Other than during the period that Zwick served as the GREI International's independent registered public accounting firm and filed its report on that audit with (i) the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on March 16, 2022, and (ii) the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of Oriel Energy, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of the Company, filed with the SEC on September 20, 2021, during the Company's two most recent fiscal years and the subsequent interim period through September 23, 2022, the Company did not consult Zwick with respect to any of the matters or events listed in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(2).


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