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Consumers Energy Company401(k)

CONSUMERS ENERGY COMPANY EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS PLAN · JACKSON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

Peer grade: A- · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Consumers Energy Company reported $796,387 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $11,270 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.04% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 10th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 22nd of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $1.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,854,295,232
Participants with balances10,003
Active participants8,218
Employer contributions$92,620,168
Employee contributions$102,831,762
Employer contribution per active participant$11,270
Average account balance$285,344
Benefits paid to participants$183,929,697
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.9B · 10,003 accts · $92.6M emplr
2023$2.5B · 10,650 accts · $91.4M emplr
2022$2.1B · 24,357 accts · $92.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$340,190
Investment management$354,718
Total administrative$796,387
The Consumers Energy Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$11,270
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$11,270 per active participant
2023$11,127 per active participant
2022$10,621 per active participant

Consumers Energy Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INV INST OPER COMPANY, INC · Loan processing$340,190

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$796,387 · 0.03%
2023$787,360 · 0.03%
2022$979,283 · 0.04%
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Ameren Corporation MO$3.2B · 0.11%
Centerpoint Energy, Inc. TX$3.1B · 0.15%
Kinder Morgan, Inc. TX$2.9B · 0.11%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 380442310 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.