Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

El Paso Electric Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$272M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,065
Participants Near avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$255,112
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company · Sponsored by El Paso Electric Company · Texas · Utilities

$272M in assets, 1,065 participants

El Paso Electric Company's Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company reported $272M in total assets and 1,065 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #569 in Utilities (738 peers)

Utilities sector rank

Within Utilities, Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company ranks #569 of 738 2022 filers by assets (198% of the sector average)-$272M for 1,065 participants.

#569
in Utilities (738 peers)
-30.3%
assets change YoY
2.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $118M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$271,694,198 Top 3% higher than 97% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company lands in the large band (1,065 participants).

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 740607870 · El Paso Electric Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company · $272M · 1,065 · 97th

  • EIN $272M
  • EIN 1,065
  • EIN 97th
  • EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EIN near Pga Tour Employees Retirement Plan
  • EIN ind #569

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Utilities retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company in the asset neighbourhood

Farm Bureau Employees' Retirement PlanFarm Bureau Employees' Retir…$272MRetirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric CompanyRetirement Income Plan for E…$272MPga Tour Employees Retirement PlanPga Tour Employees Retiremen…$271MPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP Partners' Defined Benefit Pension PlanPaul Weiss Rifkind Wharton &…$271MC.V. Starr & Co., Inc. Retirement PlanC.V. Starr & Co., Inc. Retir…$271M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Utilities filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$390M
Net Assets (End of Year)$271M
Net Income-$118M
Employer EIN740607870
Plan Effective Date1945-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (El Paso Electric Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All El Paso Electric Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$519M 13.78440810631743% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$440M$460M$480M$500M$520M$540M 202220232024 $456M $519M ▲ +13.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,169 $456M
2023 2 2,253 $499M
2024 2 2,203 $519M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company, Total assets ($B): 0.271694198 · Participants: 1065Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric CompanyAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 40.998144 · Participants: 119463AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.642588618 · Participants: 12912Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.599 · Participants: 23661Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.541187279 · Participants: 12815Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.371602289 · Participants: 9156Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pga Tour Employees Retirement Plan in FL ($271M); by covered participants it is Nissan Employee Retirement Plan B in TN (1,066 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,065 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company assets move in 2022? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company contracted severely - down 30.3% during 2022, from $390M to $272M. Reported net income was -$118M.
How have El Paso Electric Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), El Paso Electric Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 13.8%, from $456M to $519M.
Where does Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pga Tour Employees Retirement Plan in FL ($271M, 1,567 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Nissan Employee Retirement Plan B in TN (1,066 participants, $280M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 740607870.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.