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Aug 4, 2026 54 min

The Weekly Top 3 (8.3.2026)

from The Weekly Top 3 Hosted by Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets

Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of August 3, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss some potentially troublesome developments with ANS oil prices (1:59), 2) we review some of the numbers behind the concerns about the reliability of Southcentral gas deliveries this coming winter (19:52), and 3) we explain why a recent op-ed from Adam Crum shows that some Republicans are part of Alaska's ongoing budget problems, not the solution (39:41). The Weekly Top 3 is a regular weekly segment on The Michael Dukes Show. The Show broadcasts on Facebook and YouTubeLive as well as via streaming audio from the Show’s website weekdays from 6–8am. We join Michael weekly in the first hour of Tuesday’s show, from 6:25–7am, for a discussion between the two of us about our three issues.

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Welcome to The Weekly Top 3 - our look at the top 3 things on our mind here at Alaskans for Sustainable Budgets - for the week of August 3, 2026. This week, our top 3 issues are these: 1) we discuss some potentially troublesome developments with ANS oil prices (1:59), 2) we review some of the numbers behind the concerns about the reliability of Southcentral gas deliveries this coming winter (19:52), and 3) we explain why a recent op-ed from Adam Crum shows that some Republicans are part of A...

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The Weekly Top 3 (8.3.2026)

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  1. 0:00 Welcome And This Week’s Top Three
  2. 2:00 How ANS Tracks Brent And WTI
  3. 5:10 Hormuz Shock And The ANS Premium
  4. 7:55 The Sudden Slide To A Discount
  5. 12:00 What The ANS Discount Does To Budgets
  6. 16:10 Canada TMX And West Coast Pricing
  7. 20:00 Southcentral Gas Worries In Context
  8. 22:45 SINGSA Storage Inventory Looks Low
  9. 28:15 Injection Rates And Winter Deliverability
  10. 31:40 The Unexpected March Peak Drained Storage
  11. 36:20 Utility Producer Disputes And Open Questions
  12. 39:30 LNG Imports And The Missing Plan
  13. 39:45 Child Care Op Ed Meets Fiscal Reality
  14. 44:05 PFD Cuts As The Default Funding Source
  15. 46:40 Candidates Avoiding The Hard Answers
  16. 51:30 Turnout Fears And Final Wrap

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