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Great Lakes Energy Cooperative, Inc401(k)

GREAT LAKES ENERGY NON-UNION 401(K) PLAN · BOYNE CITY, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Great Lakes Energy Cooperative, Inc reported $65,292 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,941 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 0.18%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 652nd-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and 209th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $3.96 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,675,360
Participants with balances171
Active participants153
Employer contributions$449,952
Employee contributions$1,782,960
Employer contribution per active participant$2,941
Average account balance$220,324
Benefits paid to participants$2,900,625
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$37.7M · 171 accts · $450K emplr
2023$33.1M · 177 accts · $431K emplr
2022$27.4M · 173 accts · $413K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$65,292
Total administrative$65,292
The Great Lakes Energy Cooperative, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,941
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,941 per active participant
2023$2,710 per active participant
2022$2,680 per active participant

Great Lakes Energy Cooperative, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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 · 20242
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$39,042
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS · Insurance services · Investment advisory (plan)$26,250

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$65,292 · 0.18%
2023$92,571 · 0.31%
2022$11,122 · 0.04%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383321875 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.