Based on supply and demand. lots of supply as economy is in contraction. it was weak or oversupply even before the corvid 19 mostly restaurants use natural gas and 1/3 of resturants are closed. or 50% of compacity. as for electricity used by natural gas, there is not that much demand for electricity too.
the gov't not interested in rigging or pumping price of oil and natural gas. like in the equity markets. people don't complain when their paper profits are paper profits are up. and everybody is happy on paper. reality there is too much natural gas from oversupply from too much investment in oil shale and the free market correcting itself like it should. the gov't is not involved. or is it..it was the gov't 'policy' 'for the US to be oil sufficient. so they allowed oil fracking etc. and over investment in the sector and all losses now. that is free market capitalism at work and superior to communism.
if you dont make money doing something you shut it down. like in trading,,,you close shop. or stop trading and exit. why do people trade when they keep losing money? it's a hobby for seniors to 'play the market' and lots of seniors in casinos,and 90% of lottery players are seniors cause they have nothing better to do and don't mind a economic shut down. same with gov't they have nothing to lose except small business and workers who are the producers and workers who create GDP.
Gov't as an entity is parasite in the economic system and actually destroys wealth via wars or other incompetency like Trump failure to contain the virus and 6 months of economic shutdown..business going bankrupt and people hafe to rely on 'welfaree' corporate welfare.
