The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers says nearly half its members nationwide are up for retirement in the next few years, and in response, CentraliaCollege has formed the Center of Excellence for Energy Technology to train young workers like 19-year-old Haley Keithan one of a handful of women in this class.
At the Satsop site, two giant cooling towers still stand unmolested, and a local community college, Centralia, occasionally uses one of these structures to host an energy conference.