On this episode of Atlas Live, Nick Nigro will talk with two leading journalists—Evan Halper of the Washington Post and Jennifer Hiller of the Wall Street Journal—on all things energy and AI. They’ll explore public discourse on data centers, real and perceived impacts on energy affordability, and what impact we might see on upcoming elections.

On this episode of Atlas Live, Rachael Nealer will sit down with Alissa Burger from CALSTART and Morgan Ellis from the Maryland Department of Transportation to discuss state incentives and investments in electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. Electric trucks have been gaining momentum with annual sales and the number of available models growing in a few short years. Still, they remain a small fraction of the market and face some big, near-term barriers to breaking through. Join us as we talk about the states taking a fresh approach to this challenge in support of vehicle adoption and charging buildout around the country.

Solar has been and is expected to continue to make up the largest portion of new power capacity in the United States. On this episode of Atlas Live, Nick Nigro will be joined by Kiran Bhatraju of Arcadia and Zach Axelrod of Redball Energy to dive into the biggest challenges for commercial solar developers and their customers in 2026 and how they are adapting to policy and market changes. Join us as we discuss how commercial and community-scale solar can expand clean energy access, its impact on energy affordability, the state of project economics and financing, and much more.