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Midwest Energy Cooperative401(k)

MIDWEST ENERGY INCENTIVE SAVINGS PLAN · CASSOPOLIS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

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

Midwest Energy Cooperative reported $96,565 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,303 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 0.37% to 0.39%. 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 838th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and 238th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, the employer put in $1.07 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 157 to 175 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,433,241
Participants with balances198
Active participants175
Employer contributions$1,452,973
Employee contributions$1,351,812
Employer contribution per active participant$8,303
Average account balance$138,552
Benefits paid to participants$1,381,206
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.4M · 198 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$22.7M · 194 accts · $1.2M emplr
2022$18.4M · 186 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$96,565
Total administrative$96,565
The Midwest Energy Cooperative 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,303
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$8,303 per active participant
2023$7,195 per active participant
2022$6,692 per active participant

Midwest Energy Cooperative'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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$96,564
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS INS AGENCY LLC · Other servicesindirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$96,565 · 0.39%
2023$75,221 · 0.37%
2022$74,586 · 0.37%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 383386126 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.