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Midamerican Energy Company401(k)

MIDAMERICAN ENERGY COMPANY RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · DES MOINES, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Midamerican Energy Company reported $479,368 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,207 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 10 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.01% 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 6th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 29th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $1.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 5,086 to 7,624 since 2014.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,984,497,578
Participants with balances8,047
Active participants7,624
Employer contributions$70,197,040
Employee contributions$78,546,538
Employer contribution per active participant$9,207
Average account balance$246,613
Benefits paid to participants$160,161,854
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history11
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.0B · 8,047 accts · $70.2M emplr
2023$1.7B · 7,973 accts · $62.3M emplr
2022$1.3B · 6,190 accts · $48.0M emplr
2021$1.6B · 6,003 accts · $38.8M emplr
2020$1.4B · 5,933 accts · $37.5M emplr
2019$1.3B · 6,032 accts · $35.3M emplr
2018$1.1B · 5,977 accts · $34.5M emplr
2017$1.1B · 5,787 accts · $30.9M emplr
2016$1.0B · 5,811 accts · $29.5M emplr
2015$963.9M · 5,829 accts · $28.9M emplr
2014$1.0B · 5,791 accts · $26.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$218,924
Audit (IQPA)$57,461
Total administrative$479,368
The Midamerican Energy Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,207
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$9,207 per active participant
2023$9,140 per active participant
2022$9,488 per active participant
2021$7,778 per active participant
2020$7,552 per active participant

Midamerican 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 · 20247
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMI · Recordkeeping$218,924
MIDAMERICAN ENERGY · Accounting / audit$109,526
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US · Consulting$50,296
MOSS ADAMS LLP · Accounting / audit$46,568
JACKSON LEWIS P.C. · Legal$21,653
AON HEWITT INVESTMENT · Consulting$21,508
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$10,894

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history11
2024$479,368 · 0.03%
2023$405,387 · 0.03%
2022$304,429 · 0.02%
2021$485,714 · 0.03%
2020$423,528 · 0.03%
2019$471,741 · 0.04%
2018$478,036 · 0.04%
2017$529,545 · 0.05%
2016$666,617 · 0.07%
2015$286,527 · 0.03%
2014$116,847 · 0.01%
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Wec Energy Group, Inc. WI$2.2B · 0.04%
Nisource Inc IN$2.0B · 0.00%
Pacificorp OR$1.8B · 0.15%
Evergy, Inc. MO$1.7B · 0.08%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421425214 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.