AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Energy confirmed Friday its General Manager, Jackie Sargent, would be retiring effective immediately.

She was selected to lead the utility in 2016.

Sargent was with the utility through the February 2021 and February 2023 ice storms where thousands of Austin Energy customers were without power for several days.

Mayor Kirk Watson said in a statement Friday he wished Sargent the best.

“I appreciate her service to this community and her role in the public utility industry,” he wrote. “Running Austin Energy is a difficult job and she worked to do it with integrity through some very trying times.”

Austin Energy is expected to provide a statement with more details later Friday.

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