Part A. General Information

Identification of Registrant / Regulated Lobbyist

A1. Identify the registrant that conducted lobbying activities during the reporting period.

A2. Was any other individual required to register as a lobbyist on behalf of the registrant: Michelle Dietz

No

Identification of Employer

A3. Identify the employer that compensated the registrant for lobbying activities during the reporting period.

A4. Does your employer claim an exemption from filing its own registration and activity reports?

Yes, Exempt

A5. Did you represent any other entity with regard to the matters covered by registration to this employer?

No

Reporting Period

A6. State the registration period during which you represent your employer and the reporting period for which this activity report is effective. If you terminate services with your employer anytime before the conclusion of the reporting period, you must include a termination date.

Registration Period:

11/01/23-10/31/24

Activity Report:

Activity Report 1/2

Reporting Period:

11/01/23-04/30/24

Lobbying Subject Matters

A7. Identify the subject matters that pertain to lobbying activities conducted during the reporting period on behalf of your employer. You must identify at least one subject matter and you may select up to five.

A8. Did you engage in lobbying activity, to include but not limited to: supporting or opposing specific legislation, procurements or regulations?

Yes

Please provide more specific details (e.g. Senate or House bill numbers, procurement contracts, regulations and codes) for the matters on which you lobbied.

HB 64: Motor Vehicle Excise Tax - Tax Credit for Electric Vehicles – Eligibility; HB 130 / SB 258 Department of General Services - Energy Conservation and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions; HB 159 / SB 465 Common Ownership Communities - EV Recharging Equipment; HB 166 / SB 146 Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard – Eligible Sources – Alterations (Reclaim Renewable Energy Act of 2024); HB 258 / SB 416 Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program; HB 397 / SB 570 Public Utilities - Thermal Energy Network Systems (Working for Accessible Renewable Maryland Thermal Heat (WARMTH) Act); HB 689 Electric Vehicles – Repeal of Excise Tax Credit and Establishment of Rebate Program; HB 864 - Energy Efficiency and Conservation Plans (EMPOWER); HB 889 / SB 695 Building Code - Construction and Significant Renovation of Housing Units - Electric Vehicle Parking Spaces; HB 924 / SB 1126 Transportation – Regional Transportation Authorities; HB 990 Environment - Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions - Manufacturers; HB 1008 Fossil Fuel Transportation Fee and Mitigation Fund (Climate Pollution Reduction Fund Act); HB 1010 Condominiums and Homeowners Associations - Governing Documents - Electric Vehicle Recharging Equipment; HB 1193/SB 1122: Environment - Coal Combustion By-Products; HB 1256/SB 959: Electricity – Tariffs, Distributed Energy Resources, and Electric Distribution System Support Services (Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act); HB 1272: Department of the Environment - Cap-and-Invest Program – Establishment; HB 1279 / SB 1023 Maryland Building Performance Standards – Fossil Fuel Use, Energy Conservation, and Electric– and Solar–Ready Standards (Better Buildings Act of 2024); HB 1328 / SB 1082 - Solar Energy and Energy Storage - Development and State Procurement; HB 1435 / SB 783 Renewable Energy – Net Energy Metering Aggregation, Solar Renewable Energy Credits, and Taxes on Solar Energy Generating Systems (Brighter Tomorrow Act); HB 1438 / SB 958 Responding to Emergency Needs from Extreme Weather (RENEW) Act of 2024; HB 1240 (oppose): Fossil Fuel-Powered Appliances and Vehicles - Installation, Use, and Fees; HB 1247/SB 1063 (oppose): Environment – Advanced Clean Cars II Program – Application and Enforcement; HB 24 / SB 96 Environment - Impacts of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions; HB 233 / SB 306 Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Critical Area Protection Program - Climate, Equity and Administrative Provisions Act of 2024; HB 449/SB 148 Comprehensive Flood Management Grant Program - Funding for Underserved and Overburdened Communities; HB 655 / SB 546 Environment – State Wetlands – Shoreline Stabilization Measures; HB 842 Environmental Justice - Investment in Infrastructure Construction Projects; SB 1086 Environment - Environmental Justice Districts - Designation and Requirements; HB 1101 / SB 653 Standing - Environmental and Natural Resources Protection Proceedings (Clean Water Justice Act of 2024); HB 1165 / SB 969 Stream and Watershed Restoration - Stream Restoration Contractor Licensing and Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Restoration and Funding (Whole Watershed Act); HB 1266 / SB 1144 Clean Water Commerce Account - Contracts for the Purchase of Environmental Outcomes; HB 1375 Environmental Justice - Identification of and Investment in Overburdened and Underserved Communities – Report; HB 1509/SB 1174 Baltimore Regional Water Governance Model Workgroup – Established; HB 1042 / SB 932 Maryland Agricultural BMP Best in Show Program; HB 1223/SB 925 (oppose): Tidal Fish Licenses - Oyster Authorizations – Reinstatement; HB 1231 / SB 922 (Oppose) Natural Resources – Fisheries – Oyster Management; HB 22 / SB 178 Agriculture - Pollinator Habitat Plan - Requirements for State Highway Administration; HB 530 / SB 645 Maryland Trails Advisory Committee and the Maryland Office of Trails; HB 729 Department of the Environment - Nontidal Wetlands - Protection of Vernal Pools (Vernal Pool Wetlands Protection Act of 2024); HB 979 / SB 915 Agriculture - Invasive Plant Species - Regulation (Biodiversity and Agriculture Protection Act); HB 1129 / SB 902 Wildlife - Protections and Highway Crossings; HB 1358 / SB 1183 Natural Resources - Gwynns Falls State Park - Focus Group, Advisory Committee, and Report

Primary Purpose of the Organization

A9. Is your employer organized for the primary purpose of attempting to influence any legislation or executive action?

No

Part B. Compensation and Operating Expenditures

Compensation to Lobbyist and Staff

B1. What was the total compensation attributed to the registrant / lobbyist?

Total Compensation: $5,931.67

B2. Was the amount prorated because the registrant / lobbyist was compensated for services in addition to lobbying activities?

No

B3. What was the total for salaries, compensation and reimbursed expenses paid to staff related to lobbying services for this employer?

Total Expenses: $1,180.99

Operating Expenses

B4. Did you or your employer incur any additional office expenses not reported above as "Compensation"?

Total Expenses: $118.18

B5. Did you or your employer incur any cost for professional and technical research and assistance not reported as "Compensation"?

B6. Did you or your employer incur any expenses for publications or other costs (Grassroots expenses) related to expressly encouraging persons to communicate with officials or employees?

B7. Did you pay any fee or incur any expenses for witnesses who were engaged to appear on behalf of your employer?

B8. Did you incur any other expenses for this employer not otherwise accounted for above?

No

Part B. Total Compensation & Operating Expenses:

$7,230.84

Part C. Event Expenditures

Sponsored Events

C1. Did you or your employer incur expenses for special events, including dinners and receptions, entertainment and other functions to which all members of the General Assembly, either house thereof, all members of any standing committee or all members of a formally recognized county or regional delegation have received written invitations.

Tickets to Events

C2. Did you or your employer incur any expense for a ticket or free admission for any members of the General Assembly to attend charitable, cultural or political events?

No

Total Ticket Expenses: $0.00

Part D. Meals, Beverages and Related Expenditures

Meals and Beverages at Legislative Meetings

D1. Did you or your employer incur any expenses for food and beverages received by any member(s) of the General Assembly at approved legislative organization meetings?

No

Total Legislative Meeting Expenses: $0.00

Meals and Beverages in Return for a Speaking Engagement

D2. Did you or your employer incur any expenses for food, lodging, or scheduled entertainment of officials and employees for a meeting which were given in return for participation in a panel or speaking engagement at a meeting?

No

Total Speaking Engagement Expenses: $0.00

Meals and Beverages to Officials, Employees or their Immediate Families

D3. Did you or your employer provide any meals and beverages for officials or employees or their immediate families, not reported above?

Meals and Beverages to Elected Executive Officials or their Immediate Families

D4. Did your employer, or you on behalf of your employer give any gifts or participate in the giving of any gifts of meals and beverages to elected Executive Officials or a member of the official's immediate family? Immediate family members include a spouse and any dependent children.

No

Part E. Gift Expenditures

Gifts for Officials, Employees or their Immediate Families

E1. Did you or your employer give any gifts to or for officials or employees or their immediate families, which were not reported elsewhere in this activity report? If so, enter the total amount for all gifts

Gifts Above the $75 Threshold

E2. Did your employer, or you on behalf of your employer give any gifts or participate in the giving of any gifts to officials, employees or their immediate family members that meets a cumulative value of $75 or more? Or have you provided individually to legislators, any tickets or free admission to events, with a cumulative value of $100 or more?

No

Total Expenditures during Reporting Period:

Affirmation Provision

Submission of this activity report is required to be made under oath or affirmation. The oath or affirmation shall be confirmed by electronic signature, which is made expressly under penalties for perjury, to the same extent as an oath or affirmation made before an individual authorized to administer oaths.

I have read the disclaimer above and I solemnly affirm under the penalties of perjury that the contents of this document are true to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.

Electronic Signature: Michelle Dietz

Date Signed: 05/16/2024