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Pine Gate Renewables, LLC401(k)

PINE GATE BLUE RIDGE 401(K) PLAN · ASHEVILLE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.26%

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

Pine Gate Renewables, LLC reported $115,036 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,611 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 0.21% to 0.26%. 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 389th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 183rd of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $2.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,115 to 937 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$48,041,443
Participants with balances1,183
Active participants937
Employer contributions$3,383,457
Employee contributions$8,348,932
Employer contribution per active participant$3,611
Average account balance$40,610
Benefits paid to participants$10,754,925
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$48.0M · 1,183 accts · $3.4M emplr
2023$39.1M · 1,247 accts · $3.6M emplr
2022$23.2M · 1,234 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$115,036
Total administrative$115,036
The Pine Gate Renewables, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,611
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,611 per active participant
2023$3,321 per active participant
2022$2,019 per active participant

Pine Gate Renewables, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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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 · 20242

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$115,036 · 0.26%
2023$72,958 · 0.23%
2022$32,055 · 0.21%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 352564063 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.