Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Wec Energy Group, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$1.3B
Total assets
2,410
Participants
99th
Percentile by assets
$540,202
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan · Sponsored by Wec Energy Group, Inc. · Wisconsin · Utilities

$1.3B in assets, 2,410 participants

Wec Energy Group, Inc.'s Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan reported $1.3B in total assets and 2,410 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 126,618 plans)

What the 2023 filing shows

Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan holds $1.3B for 2,410 participants - about $540,202 per participant, among the largest 1% of all filed plans, down 0.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$1.3B
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
2,410
covered participants
99th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$540,202
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $1M 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 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan

Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Wec Energy Group, Inc., headquartered in Wisconsin. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $1.3B in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,410 participants across the Utilities industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 391391525, and the plan has been effective since 1962-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets held essentially flat from $1.3B at the beginning of 2023 to $1.3B at year-end - down 0.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $1.3B, with reported net income of -$1M 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 Wec Energy Group, Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $5.9B to $6.4B, a gain of 8.8%, while reported participants moved from 11,543 to 10,813 (-6.3%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $6.4B; the softest was 2022 at $5.9B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $5.9B in assets across 11 plans covering 11,543 participants; 2023 - $6.2B in assets across 11 plans covering 11,075 participants; 2024 - $6.4B in assets across 11 plans covering 10,813 participants.

By assets, Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan outranks 99% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 13x 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 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Wec Energy Group Retirement Account 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 (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.3B
Total Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Assets (End of Year)$1.3B
Net Income-$1M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN391391525
Plan Effective Date1962-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Wec Energy Group, Inc.)

$5.8B$6B$6.2B$6.4B$6.6B 202220232024 $5.92B $6.43B ▲ +8.6%
Total plan assets by year, all Wec Energy Group, Inc. 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 11 11,543 $5.9B
2023 11 11,075 $6.2B
2024 11 10,813 $6.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin

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

Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants

Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020004000600080001000012000 11.522.533.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Wec Energy Group Ret…The Northwestern Mut…Building Trades Unit…The Northwestern Mut…Harley-Davidson Reti…Rockwell Automation …
Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Wisconsin, assets vs. participants

Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally

Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan by total assets, not by location.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan holds $1.3B in total assets with 2,410 participants. It is sponsored by Wec Energy Group, Inc..
What type of plan is Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan?
Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1962-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 391391525.
Who sponsors the Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan?
Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan is sponsored by Wec Energy Group, Inc., located in Wisconsin. The sponsor's EIN is 391391525 and the plan operates in the Utilities industry.
How did Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan perform in 2023?
Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan held essentially flat - down 0.1% during 2023, moving from $1.3B to $1.3B in total assets. Net income was -$1M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Wec Energy Group Retirement Account Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Wec Energy Group Retirement Account 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 Wisconsin. Compare plans
  • Wec Energy Group, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 8.8% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Utilities plans
  • A Defined Benefit (Pension) plan works differently from other retirement plan types, understand the structural differences before comparing. Compare plan types

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 391391525.

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.