Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Northern Indiana Public Service Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$1.1B
Total assets
2,283
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$460,600
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Nisource Pension Plan · Sponsored by Northern Indiana Public Service Company · Indiana · Utilities

$1.1B in assets, 2,283 participants

Northern Indiana Public Service Company's Nisource Pension Plan reported $1.1B in total assets and 2,283 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • 99th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)

What the 2022 filing shows

Nisource Pension Plan holds $1.1B for 2,283 participants - about $460,600 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 27.5% over the 2022 plan year.

$1.1B
total plan assets (2022 EOY)
2,283
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
$460,600
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $399M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Utilities

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

What the Filing Says About Nisource Pension Plan

Nisource Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Northern Indiana Public Service Company, headquartered in Indiana. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2022 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $1.1B in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,283 participants across the Utilities industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 350552990, and the plan has been effective since 1945-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets declined sharply from $1.5B at the beginning of 2022 to $1.1B at year-end - down 27.5%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $1.1B, with reported net income of -$399M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Northern Indiana Public Service Company has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.1B to $1.0B, a decline of 4.6%, while reported participants moved from 2,283 to 2,133 (-6.6%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $1.1B; the softest was 2024 at $1.0B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.1B in assets across 1 plan covering 2,283 participants; 2023 - $1.1B in assets across 1 plan covering 2,174 participants; 2024 - $1.0B in assets across 1 plan covering 2,133 participants.

By assets, Nisource Pension Plan outranks 99% of the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 11x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2022 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (139,258 plans), rank Nisource Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.5B
Total Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.1B
Net Income-$399M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN350552990
Plan Effective Date1945-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Northern Indiana Public Service Company)

$0.98B$1B$1.02B$1.04B$1.06B$1.08B 202220232024 $1.05B $1B ▼ -4.8%
Total plan assets by year, all Northern Indiana Public Service Company 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,283 $1.1B
2023 1 2,174 $1.1B
2024 1 2,133 $1.0B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Nisource Pension Plan?
As of the 2022 Form 5500 filing, Nisource Pension Plan holds $1.1B in total assets with 2,283 participants. It is sponsored by Northern Indiana Public Service Company.
What type of plan is Nisource Pension Plan?
Nisource Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1945-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 350552990.
Who sponsors the Nisource Pension Plan?
Nisource Pension Plan is sponsored by Northern Indiana Public Service Company, located in Indiana. The sponsor's EIN is 350552990 and the plan operates in the Utilities industry.
How did Nisource Pension Plan perform in 2022?
Nisource Pension Plan declined sharply - down 27.5% during 2022, moving from $1.5B to $1.1B in total assets. Net income was -$399M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Nisource Pension Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Nisource Pension Plan ranks among the largest 1% of all filed plans. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Indiana. Compare plans
  • Northern Indiana Public Service Company's sponsor-wide assets have declined 4.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Utilities plans
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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 350552990.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.