Shutting down the oldest, least efficient coal plants and replacing them with combined cycles Natural Gas that are about twices as efficient is not resulting in skyrocketing electrical cost.
To shut them all down, yes, that makes no sense. But a modern Nat Gas CC is an impressive upgrade in technology.
Can you PROVE to me that natural gas fired generating plants will result in cheaper electrical cost to the consumer than the existing coal plants? If not then this argument is moot.