It’s the result of low natural gas prices. The war on coal/nuclear provides upwards pressure on price, but natgas is so cheap and plentiful nowadays that the effect of those low prices are dwarfing the anti-coal/nuclear efforts.
Not a popular thing to say, because voters in northern states love low natural gas prices. But most of us with an IQ over 100 knows that they won't last forever and that exported LNG is inevitable.
I guess Obama’s plan to cripple the energy sector aren’t wuite working out.