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Ercot401(k)

ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · TAYLOR, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Ercot reported $251,907 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $21,954 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 rose from 0.04% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 213th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 67th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, the employer put in $1.50 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 784 to 959 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$464,929,561
Participants with balances1,254
Active participants959
Employer contributions$21,053,974
Employee contributions$14,070,960
Employer contribution per active participant$21,954
Average account balance$370,757
Benefits paid to participants$29,599,772
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$464.9M · 1,254 accts · $21.1M emplr
2023$396.2M · 1,182 accts · $17.3M emplr
2022$330.9M · 1,076 accts · $14.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$76,519
Investment management$117,717
Total administrative$251,907
The Ercot 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$21,954
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$21,954 per active participant
2023$19,448 per active participant
2022$18,597 per active participant

Ercot's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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.

What these fees cost you

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 · 20242
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL BANKING · Investment advisory (plan)$117,234
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$78,172

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$251,907 · 0.06%
2023$98,826 · 0.03%
2022$159,119 · 0.04%
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El Paso Electric Company TX$241.2M · 0.02%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 742587416 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.