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National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

NATIONAL GRID USA CO. INCENTIVE THRIFT PLAN · BROOKLYN, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc. reported $1,238,918 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,375 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.020%. 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 18th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 4th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $2.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,435,482,235
Participants with balances23,847
Active participants17,603
Employer contributions$129,829,673
Employee contributions$260,329,317
Employer contribution per active participant$7,375
Average account balance$269,865
Benefits paid to participants$533,662,799
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$6.4B · 23,847 accts · $129.8M emplr
2023$5.9B · 23,585 accts · $116.2M emplr
2022$5.2B · 22,900 accts · $102.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$978,785
Investment management$179,582
Audit (IQPA)$70,040
Total administrative$1,238,918
The National Grid USA Service Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,375
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$7,375 per active participant
2023$6,765 per active participant
2022$6,298 per active participant

National Grid USA Service Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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.

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
VANGUARD GROUP INC. · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$978,785
NEW ENGLAND PENSION CONSULTANTS · Consulting$179,582
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP · Accounting / audit$70,040
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$7,087

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$1,238,918 · 0.02%
2023$1,236,607 · 0.02%
2022$1,216,069 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 041663150 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.