Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
American Electric Power Service Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.5B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 15,837
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $284,062
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: American Electric Power System Retirement Plan · Sponsored by American Electric Power Service Corporation · Ohio · Utilities
$4.5B in assets, 15,837 participants
American Electric Power Service Corporation's American Electric Power System Retirement Plan reported $4.5B in total assets and 15,837 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #717 in Utilities (738 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan covers 15,837 participants in Ohio, 21x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $4.5B.
- #717
- in Utilities (738 peers)
- -25.6%
- assets change YoY
- 45×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1.4B for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$4,498,685,298 Highest reported value at or above every one of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. American Electric Power System Retirement Plan is a mega filing (15,837 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 134922641 · American Electric Power Service Corporation PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan · $4.5B · 15,837 · 100th
- EBSA $4.5B
- EBSA 15,837
- EBSA 100th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near The Southern California Edison Company Retirement Plan
- EBSA ind #717
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 Ohio →
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $6.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.4B |
| Net Income | -$1.4B |
| Employer EIN | 134922641 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1940-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Electric Power Service Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All American Electric Power Service Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $9.3B 1.1984019481086186% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 32,822 | $9.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 32,886 | $9.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 33,604 | $9.3B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan $7.6B · 12,346
- Nationwide Retirement Plan $5.0B · 22,597
- Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan $3.4B · 9,749
- Laborers District Council & Contractors Pension Fund of Ohio $2.6B · 13,583
- Pension Plan for Eaton Corporation Employees $2.6B · 9,767
Scale composition for American Electric Power System Retirement Plan
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan reports $4.5B in end-of-year assets across 15,837 participants (0.037% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $284,062 per participant (2.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2022 was -$1.4B.
This plan identity (EIN 134922641, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.5B to $4.1B (-9.2%) while covered participants moved from 15,837 to 16,073 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,837 | $4.5B | This page |
| 2023 | 15,595 | $4.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 16,073 | $4.1B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan (401(k), $5.2B, 17,531 participants)
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $4.1B, 16,073 participants)
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is The Southern California Edison Company Retirement Plan in CA ($4.5B); by covered participants it is Highmark Retirement Plan in PA (15,759 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.5B here).
- The Southern California Edison Company Retirement Plan (CA) $4.5B · 10,287
- Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.a., Inc. Pension Plan (TX) $4.5B · 5,192
- Ameren Retirement Plan (MO) $4.4B · 10,080
- Lucent Technologies Inc. Pension Plan (NJ) $4.4B · N/A
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15,837 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Highmark Retirement Plan (PA) 15,759 · 78 off
- 1199seiu Greater New York Pension Fund (NY) 15,937 · 100 off
- Ecolab Pension Plan (MN) 15,726 · 111 off
- Delta Retirement Plan (GA) 15,951 · 114 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.