Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

El Paso Electric Company Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$278M
Total assets Near avg plan size
1,128
Participants Near avg headcount
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$246,799
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company · Sponsored by El Paso Electric Company · Texas · Utilities

$278M in assets, 1,128 participants

El Paso Electric Company's Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company reported $278M in total assets and 1,128 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • #547 in Utilities (721 peers)

Utilities sector rank

Within Utilities, Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company ranks #547 of 721 2023 filers by assets (193% of the sector average)-$278M for 1,128 participants.

#547
in Utilities (721 peers)
+2.5%
assets growth YoY
2.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company vs every filed plan by assets

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

$278,388,846 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company'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. Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company lands in the large band (1,128 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company reported net income rose from -$118M in the plan year 2022 filing to $7M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company reported participants rose from 1,065 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,128 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company end-of-year assets rose from $272M in the plan year 2022 filing to $278M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 740607870 · El Paso Electric Company PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company · $278M · 1,128 · 96th

  • SCH $278M
  • EBSA 1,128
  • PART 96th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan
  • BOOK ind #547

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 Texas →

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company in the asset neighbourhood

Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 21 Pension FundPlumbers & Steamfitters Loca…$279MNorthern Light Health Retirement Partnership PlanNorthern Light Health Retire…$279MRetirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric CompanyRetirement Income Plan for E…$278MElliot Health System Pension PlanElliot Health System Pension…$278MIBEW Local No. 86 Pension FundIBEW Local No. 86 Pension Fu…$277M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Utilities filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$272M
Net Assets (End of Year)$278M
Net Income$7M
Employer EIN740607870
Plan Effective Date1945-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (El Paso Electric Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All El Paso Electric Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$519M 13.78440810631743% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$440M$460M$480M$500M$520M$540M 202220232024 $456M $519M ▲ +13.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,169 $456M
2023 2 2,253 $499M
2024 2 2,203 $519M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Texas

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

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -10010203040 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company, Total assets ($B): 0.278388846 · Participants: 1128Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric CompanyAT&T Pension Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 30.018512 · Participants: 107859AT&T Pension Benefit PlanShell Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.133347097 · Participants: 12215Shell Pension PlanExxonmobil Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.015 · Participants: 22551Exxonmobil Pension PlanCaterpillar Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.803014695 · Participants: 12138Caterpillar Inc. Retirement Income PlanBp Retirement Accumulation Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.493677099 · Participants: 9360Bp Retirement Accumulation Plan
Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan in ME ($279M); by covered participants it is Westchester Heavy Construction Laborers Local 60 Pension Fund in NY (1,128 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($278M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,128 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 Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company assets move in 2023? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company edged up modestly - up 2.5% during 2023, from $272M to $278M. Reported net income was $7M.
How have El Paso Electric Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), El Paso Electric Company's sponsor-wide assets grew 13.8%, from $456M to $519M.
Where does Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company ranks in the 96th 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 Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Northern Light Health Retirement Partnership Plan in ME ($279M, 5,979 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Income Plan for Employees of El Paso Electric Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Westchester Heavy Construction Laborers Local 60 Pension Fund in NY (1,128 participants, $300M 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 740607870.

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.