MATTHEW KANDRACH Get used to paying more for natural gas and electricity

U.S. consumers should be deeply concerned about where energy prices are heading. The worst of the global energy crisis — which drove up the cost of everything from oil and natural gas to electricity — may be over. But new storm clouds are on the horizon. What’s happening with natural gas and electricity is particularly alarming. Due to the increasing needs of electric vehicles, heat pumps, and massive data centers, America’s electricity demand is rising. And as this demand ticks upward, there’s also a growing mismatch between the retirement of traditional sources of power — particularly coal plants — and…