@ak4sb.bsky.socialThe 8:30a Chart| To provide context to current $$oil, we publish daily (ex-Su) a running avg of FY27-34 $$ANS, Brent & WTI actual+futures. Projected ANS v. SPRING26 rev F'cast:
> FY27 ⬆️ $14 (+$707mil)
> FY28-34 ⬆️ $2 (avg annual +$75mil)
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@ak4sb.bsky.socialThe Tuesday Chart| #akleg Given Southcentral winter service concerns, we have started a new weekly chart tracking the current status of the two commercial Cook Inlet gas storage fields, based on the public dashboards each maintains, as well as the most recent aggregate (all fields) DNR Dashboard.
@pat.alaskarobotics.com#akleg Any comments from the many candidates and legislators who have been identified here?
@chrisrichardspd.bsky.socialMary Peltola, as expected, has zero political instincts. Seen in public wearing Adidas shoes. #akleg #alaskasky
@ak4sb.bsky.social"Incentives" = tax expenditures, or, better put, opaque subsidies. Govt should be transparent. Think something deserves a subsidy? Man up, put it in the spending budget, let it compete, and justify the revenues being used to pay for it. #akleg buff.ly/szmnc0i
@ak4sb.bsky.social🤦♂️ Let's be clear. Under #CurrentLaw, the additional spending is being paid for by deeper PFD cuts/taxes. Middle and lower-income #AKfams are paying for it ("most regressive tax ever proposed"), while the Top20%, #NonRez & #Oil Cos dodge. #akleg buff.ly/Qw4dW4w
@ak4sb.bsky.socialThe 8:30a Chart| To provide context to current $$oil, we publish daily (ex-Su) a running avg of FY27-34 $$ANS, Brent & WTI actual+futures. Projected ANS v. SPRING26 rev F'cast:
> FY27 ⬆️ $13 (+$610mil)
> FY28-34 ⬆️ $2 (avg annual +$82mil)
#akleg
@repgray.bsky.socialRep. Jared Huffman (D-California) is the only member of the US Congress to publicly admit that he does not believe in gods. We discuss his book, “No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism.” Listen: www.buzzsprout.com/1875228/epis... #akleg #ChristianNationalism
@ak4sb.bsky.socialThe Monday Charts | Consistent with the approach explained at bit.ly/3QhAUju, each Monday we use current futures market prices to compare the projected #AKLNG in-state-only (Phase 1) and #AKLNG export (Phase 2) prices against market alternatives. #akleg
@ak4sb.bsky.socialCurrent federal tax receipts as a percent of federal debt. Basically, this generation isn't even trying to reduce - or even stabilize - the burden being passed on to future generations. #akleg
@ak4sb.bsky.socialThis Wk's Top 3 P'cast | Our focus this election cycle, the utilities seem to be working out this winter, but big questions remain for the winters beyond & why the APFC Board should be high on the next #AKgov’s priority list. #akleg buff.ly/6jzBxbN
@ak4sb.bsky.socialWhile not as high as when Ross Perot started raising the issue in the early 1990s, the percent of current US tax revenues consumed by interest payments is still significant (33%), rising nearly 70% since 2022. #akleg
@repgray.bsky.socialDick Traini was the 1st assembly member I met when I started going to Campbell Park Community Council. He was passionately arguing to outlaw plastic bags in Anchorage. He & his wife never missed a meeting & he listened & cared. Thank you, Dick, for your service to our city. RIP. #akleg
@ak4sb.bsky.socialThe Sunday Financial Charts| To help better understand the overall financial environment, weekly we track current + projected inflation & interest rates. #akleg
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@ak4sb.bsky.socialThe Sunday Chart| To help assess the ANS market, wkly we review the status of the ANS tanker fleet. Notes: 1 ship in, 1 underway to maint. #akleg
* Deliveries month to date: 4.3
* Not in ANS service: 2 (1 CP, 1 HIL) in maint
* Asia: 0
* USWC: 8 (4 CP, 2 HIL, 2 EM, 0 MPC)
@pat.alaskarobotics.comTessa Hulls received a legislative citation today!
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