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Lg&E and Ku Energy LLC401(k)

LG&E AND KU SAVINGS PLAN · LOUISVILLE, KY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Lg&E and Ku Energy LLC reported $73,405 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,270 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 0.02% to 0.01%. 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 10th-largest of 871 plans among Kentucky employers on file, and the 44th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $1.45 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 3,353 to 2,706 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,015,412,684
Participants with balances3,529
Active participants2,706
Employer contributions$22,377,588
Employee contributions$32,372,176
Employer contribution per active participant$8,270
Average account balance$287,734
Benefits paid to participants$110,191,854
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.0B · 3,529 accts · $22.4M emplr
2023$918.6M · 3,663 accts · $21.0M emplr
2022$851.3M · 4,083 accts · $20.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$64,247
Total administrative$73,405
The Lg&E and Ku Energy LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,270
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$8,270 per active participant
2023$7,523 per active participant
2022$6,072 per active participant

Lg&E and Ku Energy LLC'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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$64,897
K&L GATES · Legal$9,158

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$73,405 · 0.01%
2023$119,188 · 0.01%
2022$210,219 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 200523163 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.