Other · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC Retirement Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$525M
Total assets Above avg plan size
2,877
Participants Above avg headcount
97th
Percentile by assets National rank
$182,632
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan · Sponsored by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC · Colorado · Professional & Technical Services

$525M in assets, 2,877 participants

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC's Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan reported $525M in total assets and 2,877 participants in its 2023 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.

  • #19,972 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

Coverage in Colorado

Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan covers 2,877 participants in Colorado, 7.7x the typical Colorado plan (state average ~376 per filing). Assets: $525M.

#19,972
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+24.5%
assets growth YoY
5.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$525,431,207 Top 3% higher than 97% of 127,068 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 2023

Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan lands in the large band (2,877 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$79M in the plan year 2022 filing to $103M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $422M in the plan year 2022 filing to $525M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan reported participants rose from 2,577 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,877 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 261939342 · Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC PY 2023 · Other

Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan · $525M · 2,877 · 97th

  • BOY $525M
  • BOY 2,877
  • BOY 97th
  • BOY Other
  • BOY near Jax 403(b) Retirement Plan
  • BOY ind #19972

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 Professional & Technical Services retirement plans → · Plans in Colorado →

Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Jax 403(b) Retirement Plan$526MNrel 403(b) Employee Savings PlanNrel 403(b) Employee Savings…$525MPomona Valley Hospital Medical Center Retirement Savings PlanPomona Valley Hospital Medic…$525MBillings Clinic 403b Plan$522MColgate University Defined Contribution RetirementColgate University Defined C…$522M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan and nearest nationwide Other peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Colorado filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$422M
Net Assets (End of Year)$525M
Net Income$103M
Employer EIN261939342
Plan Effective Date2012-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.1B 31.321865807084453% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.7B$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B 202220232024 $0.81B $1.06B ▲ +30.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 5,057 $808M
2023 2 5,699 $932M
2024 2 6,361 $1.1B

Nearby Other Plans in Colorado

Peer Other plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 0200040006000800010000 0.20.40.60.811.2 Total assets ($B) Participants Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.525431207 · Participants: 2877Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings PlanUcar Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.145684593 · Participants: 1444Ucar Retirement PlanChildren's Hospital Colorado 403(b) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.898290586 · Participants: 8617Children's Hospital Colorado 403(b) PlanUniversity of Denver Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.848101064 · Participants: 7241University of Denver Retirement PlanColorado College Retirement Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.3525072 · Participants: 707Colorado College Retirement Benefit Plan403 (B) Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.33146796 · Participants: 2390403 (B) Retirement Plan
Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan vs. nearby Other plans in Colorado, assets vs. participants
Compare Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan's out-of-state Other peers by assets and headcount

Outside Colorado, the nearest Other by assets is Jax 403(b) Retirement Plan in ME ($526M); by covered participants it is Sunrise Community, Inc. the Employee Pension Benefit Plan in FL (2,877 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($525M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,877 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan grew sharply - up 24.5% during 2023, from $422M to $525M. Reported net income was $103M.
How have Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 31.3%, from $808M to $1.1B.
Where does Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan ranks in the 97th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Other plans are similar in size to Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by assets is Jax 403(b) Retirement Plan in ME ($526M, 2,592 participants).
Which Other plans cover a similar participant headcount to Nrel 403(b) Employee Savings Plan? ▼
Among Other plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Sunrise Community, Inc. the Employee Pension Benefit Plan in FL (2,877 participants, $26M in assets).

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 261939342.

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.