"By 2035, it will be more expensive to run 90% of gas plants being proposed in the U.S. than it will be to build new wind and solar farms equipped with storage systems" New Bloomberg article draws from RMI's Clean Energy Portfolio Reports:https://bloom.bg/2PXSAAE
When cost and capacity are fixed (as they are with gas pipelines, mains and services) but usage declines, then an increase in the per-unit cost of delivery is inevitable. This is not a debatable issue. It is simple math.