UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~October~~ 18November 14, 2016

LIME ENERGY CO.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

DELAWARE		001-16265		36-4197337
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

4 Gateway Center, 4th Floor, 100 Mulberry Street, Newark, NJ 07102

(Address of principal executive offices)

(201) 416-~~2575~~2559 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 82.0102 ~~Other~~Results ~~Events~~of Operations and Financial Condition

AsOn ~~previously disclosed on October~~November 1714, 2016, Lime Energy Co. ~~(the~~issued ~~“Company”) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) reached~~ a ~~settlement~~press ~~with~~release ~~respect~~announcing toits ~~the previously-disclosed SEC investigation into the Company’s revenue recognition practices and~~ financial ~~reporting~~results ~~during~~for the ~~2010~~quarter toended ~~2012~~September 30, ~~reporting periods~~2016. InA ~~connection~~copy ~~with~~of the ~~settlement~~press ~~process,~~release ~~the~~is ~~SEC~~attached ~~filed~~hereto aas ~~complaint against the Company and four former officers in the U~~Exhibit 99.S1. ~~District Court for the Southern District of New York.~~

The ~~Company,~~information ~~without~~in ~~admitting~~this orForm 8-K ~~denying~~is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the ~~allegations~~purposes inof Section 18 of the ~~SEC’s~~Securities ~~complaint~~Exchange Act of 1934, ~~had~~as ~~consented~~amended, or otherwise subject to the ~~entry~~liabilities of athat ~~final~~Section. ~~judgment~~The ~~pursuant~~information toin ~~which~~this itForm 8-K ~~would~~shall ~~pay~~not abe ~~civil~~incorporated ~~monetary~~by ~~penalty~~reference ofinto $1any ~~million,~~registration ~~payable~~statement inor 5other ~~installments~~document ~~over~~pursuant to the ~~next~~Securities 12Act ~~months~~of 1933, as amended.

OnItem ~~October 18,~~9.01 ~~2016,~~Financial ~~the~~Statements Court entered a final judgment which (i) approved the settlement; (ii) permanently enjoined the Company from violating Section 17(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Sections 10(b), 13(a), 13(b)(2)(A), and ~~13(b)(2)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and rules 10b-5, 13a-1, and 13a-13 promulgated thereunder; and (iii) ordered the Company to pay the agreed-to civil penalty.~~Exhibits

There will be no current period financial impact on the Company’s results, as an accrual for the civil penalty amount was established and expensed in the second fiscal quarter of 2016, as disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 15, 2016(d) Exhibits.

299.1 Lime Energy Co. Press Release dated November 14, 2016.

~~SIGNATURE~~2

~~Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.~~SIGNATURE

	LIME ENERGY CO.
Dated: October 24, 2016	By:	/s/ Bruce D. Torkelson
		Bruce D. Torkelson
		Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	LIME ENERGY CO.


Dated: November 14, 2016	By:	/s/ Bruce Torkelson
		Bruce Torkelson
		Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Lime Energy Co. Press Release dated November 14, 2016.

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