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Hope Gas, Inc.401(k)

HOPE GAS RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CLARKSBURG, WV · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Hope Gas, Inc. reported $164,370 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,625 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 0.07% to 0.50%. 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 51st-largest of 265 plans among West Virginia employers on file, and 207th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $1.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 361 to 564 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$38,299,990
Participants with balances584
Active participants564
Employer contributions$3,172,704
Employee contributions$4,253,345
Employer contribution per active participant$5,625
Average account balance$65,582
Benefits paid to participants$2,606,773
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$38.3M · 584 accts · $3.2M emplr
2023$27.5M · 461 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$18.3M · 363 accts · $557K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$127,038
Investment management$8,082
Total administrative$164,370
The Hope Gas, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,625
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,625 per active participant
2023$5,200 per active participant
2022$1,542 per active participant

Hope Gas, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20244
VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE & ANNUITY · Recordkeeping$126,638
BAKER TILLY US, LLP · Investment advisory (participants)$27,300
VOYA RETIREMENT ADVISORS, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$10,432
GALLAGHER BENEFIT SERVICES INCindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Voya
2023Voya

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Administrative cost history3
2024$164,370 · 0.50%
2023$87,289 · 0.38%
2022$13,464 · 0.07%
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Core Electric Cooperative CO$39.7M · 0.02%
Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. VT$37.1M · 0.39%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 550196830 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.