Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $2.3B
- Total assets
- 8,002
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $286,661
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan · Sponsored by Southern California Gas Company · California · Utilities
$2.3B in assets, 8,002 participants
Southern California Gas Company's Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan reported $2.3B in total assets and 8,002 participants in its 2023 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 127,072 plans)
- #679 in Utilities (721 peers)
Coverage in California
Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan covers 8,002 participants in California, 13x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $2.3B.
- $2.3B
- total plan assets (2023 EOY)
- 8,002
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
- $286,661
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$611M in the plan year 2022 filing to $276M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.0B in the plan year 2022 filing to $2.3B in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan reported participants rose from 7,743 in the plan year 2022 filing to 8,002 in the plan year 2023 filing.
Participants vs California filers
In California, the average filing covers about 630 participants across 15,291 plans. Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan reports 8,002 participants - 13x that state average ($2.3B EOY assets).
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.3B |
| Net Income | $276M |
| Employer EIN | 951240705 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1932-09-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Southern California Gas Company)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 16,326 | $4.4B |
| 2023 | 2 | 16,852 | $5.0B |
| 2024 | 2 | 17,516 | $5.4B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in California
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in California, assets vs. participants
- Kaiser Permanente Retirement Plan $33.5B · 127,356
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $21.4B · 22,914
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $18.0B · 25,647
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $10.8B · 19,545
- Disney Salaried Pension Plan D $10.1B · 10,813
Scale composition for Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan
Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan reports $2.3B in end-of-year assets across 8,002 participants (0.019% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.009% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $286,661 per participant (2.1x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $276M.
This plan identity (EIN 951240705, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $2.0B to $2.4B (+16.8%) while covered participants moved from 7,743 to 8,518 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,743 | $2.0B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 8,002 | $2.3B | This page |
| 2024 · index core | 8,518 | $2.4B | Open filing |
The same sponsor also keeps 2 other index-core plans on PlainRetire:
- Southern California Gas Company Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $3.1B, 8,998 participants)
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan (Defined Benefit (Pension), $2.4B, 8,518 participants)
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Retirement&security Program for Employees of Ntca and Its Members (VA) $2.3B · 10,052
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company 1950 Pension Plan (OH) $2.3B · 2,309
- Medtronic Retirement Plan for Certain Participants and Beneficiaries (MN) $2.3B · 7,871
- New York Hotel Trades Council and Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. Pension Fund (NY) $2.3B · 24,024
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Filing takeaways
Ways to act on Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan's numbers.
- By total assets, Southern California Gas Company 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 California. Compare plans
- Southern California Gas Company's sponsor-wide assets have grown 23.0% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Utilities plans