Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Xcel Energy Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$919M
Total assets Above avg plan size
1,946
Participants Near avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$472,184
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees · Sponsored by Xcel Energy Inc. · Minnesota · Utilities

$919M in assets, 1,946 participants

Xcel Energy Inc.'s New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees reported $919M in total assets and 1,946 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #637 in Utilities (721 peers)

Where New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees sits by assets

New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $919M for 1,946 participants (~$472,184/participant), up 1.1% in 2023.

#637
in Utilities (721 peers)
+1.1%
assets growth YoY
9.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees's outsized position by total assets

New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees vs every filed plan by assets

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

$918,869,880 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees'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. New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees lands in the large band (1,946 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees reported net income rose from -$309M in the plan year 2022 filing to $9M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees end-of-year assets rose from $909M in the plan year 2022 filing to $919M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees reported participants rose from 1,935 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,946 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 410448030 · Xcel Energy Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees · $919M · 1,946 · 98th

  • PART $919M
  • TYPE 1,946
  • NET 98th
  • BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan for Aerospace Employees of Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
  • BOY ind #637

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 Minnesota →

New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees in the asset neighbourhood

Edison Pension Plan$922MNew Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit EesNew Century Energies, Inc. R…$919MHoneywell Retirement Earnings Plan for Aerospace Employees of Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCHoneywell Retirement Earning…$918MMeba Pension Trust-Defined Benefit PlanMeba Pension Trust-Defined B…$916MRush Retirement Plan$916M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$909M
Net Assets (End of Year)$918M
Net Income$9M
Employer EIN410448030
Plan Effective Date1952-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Xcel Energy Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Xcel Energy Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$6.7B 6.830659372847735% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$6.2B$6.4B$6.6B$6.8B 202220232024 $6.26B $6.69B ▲ +6.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 8 22,725 $6.3B
2023 8 23,520 $6.6B
2024 8 23,238 $6.7B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Minnesota

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

New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 051015 Total assets ($B) Participants New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees, Total assets ($B): 0.91886988 · Participants: 1946New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees3M Employee Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.281991028 · Participants: 106383M Employee Retirement Income PlanMayo Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.032936702 · Participants: 69155Mayo Pension PlanThe Travelers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.150985971 · Participants: 24884The Travelers Pension PlanGeneral Mills Pension Plan I, Total assets ($B): 3.991064596 · Participants: 383General Mills Pension Plan IU.S. Bank Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.969502742 · Participants: 56287U.S. Bank Pension Plan
New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Minnesota, assets vs. participants
Compare New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees side-by-side with 3 peers →

New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Minnesota, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan for Aerospace Employees of Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC in NC ($918M); by covered participants it is IBEW Local 716 Pension Plan in TX (1,947 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,946 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 New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees assets move in 2023? ▼
New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees edged up modestly - up 1.1% during 2023, from $909M to $919M. Reported net income was $9M.
How have Xcel Energy Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Xcel Energy Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 6.8%, from $6.3B to $6.7B.
Where does New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees ranks in the 98th 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 New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Honeywell Retirement Earnings Plan for Aerospace Employees of Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC in NC ($918M, 907 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to New Century Energies, Inc. Retirement Plan for Public Service Company of Colorado Bargaining Unit Ees and Former Non-Bargaining Unit Ees? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is IBEW Local 716 Pension Plan in TX (1,947 participants, $201M 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 410448030.

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.