Result of a decrease in the supply of electricity

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Assume there is an increase in the price of electricity (which is the result of a decrease in the supply of electricity), and electricity and natural gas are substitutes. How would this affect the demand for natural gas, and what would happen to the equilibrium price and quantity of natural gas?

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