Electrical price isn't an issue, global warming is. With most countries using coal and natural gas as the primary source of energy, the Bitcoin mining industry can make an impact on the environment. Governments can try to reduce the profitability by introducing taxes for electrical bills. POS is not a suitable replacement as far as I can see; there is simply too much ASICs built solely for mining Bitcoins and SHA256 alt coins, changing Bitcoin to POS is extremely hard or impossible.