Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $2.4B
- Total assets
- 8,518
- Participants
- 99th
- Percentile by assets
- $276,811
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan · Sponsored by Southern California Gas Company · California · Utilities
$2.4B in assets, 8,518 participants
Southern California Gas Company's Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan reported $2.4B in total assets and 8,518 participants in its 2024 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 123,622 plans)
- #689 in Utilities (732 peers)
Coverage in California
Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan covers 8,518 participants in California, 14x the typical California plan (state average ~630 per filing). Assets: $2.4B.
- $2.4B
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 8,518
- covered participants
- 99th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $276,811
- avg assets per participant
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan reported net income fell from $276M in the plan year 2023 filing to $65M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan reported participants rose from 8,002 in the plan year 2023 filing to 8,518 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $2.3B in the plan year 2023 filing to $2.4B in the plan year 2024 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 8,518 participants - 14x that state average ($2.4B EOY assets).
California filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $2.3B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $2.4B |
| Net Income | $65M |
| 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 $34.5B · 135,057
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Retirement Plan $17.6B · 27,500
- Retirement Plan for Physicians and Salaried Employees of the Permanente Medical Group, Inc. $11.4B · 18,983
- Western States Carpenters Pension Plan $11.3B · 48,582
- Ilwu-Pma Pension Plan $10.8B · 15,833
Scale composition for Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan
Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan reports $2.4B in end-of-year assets across 8,518 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 $276,811 per participant (2.0x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was $65M.
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 | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 8,518 | $2.4B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Southern California Gas Company Retirement Savings Plan (401(k), $3.1B, 8,998 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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How did Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
How have Southern California Gas Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Where does Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Southern California Gas Company Pension Plan? ▼
Next read for Southern California Gas Company Pension …
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