Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
American Electric Power Service Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $4.1B
- Total assets Very large vs avg
- 16,073
- Participants Very large workforce
- 100th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $254,203
- Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: American Electric Power System Retirement Plan · Sponsored by American Electric Power Service Corporation · Ohio · Utilities
$4.1B in assets, 16,073 participants
American Electric Power Service Corporation's American Electric Power System Retirement Plan reported $4.1B in total assets and 16,073 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 100th 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.
- #705 in Utilities (732 peers)
Coverage in Ohio
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan covers 16,073 participants in Ohio, 21x the typical Ohio plan (state average ~765 per filing). Assets: $4.1B.
- #705
- in Utilities (732 peers)
- -8.7%
- assets change YoY
- 41×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $377M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$4,085,797,504 Highest reported value at or above every one of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan's mega-plan peer group by participant headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. American Electric Power System Retirement Plan is a mega filing (16,073 participants), the rightmost band on the breakdown.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan reported net income fell from -$11M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$377M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $4.5B in the plan year 2023 filing to $4.1B in the plan year 2024 filing.
- American Electric Power System Retirement Plan reported participants rose from 15,595 in the plan year 2023 filing to 16,073 in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 134922641 · American Electric Power Service Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan · $4.1B · 16,073 · 100th
- PHOTO $4.1B
- PHOTO 16,073
- PHOTO 100th
- PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PHOTO near General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat and Mission Systems)
- PHOTO ind #705
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 Ohio →
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Ohio filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $4.5B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $4.0B |
| Net Income | -$377M |
| Employer EIN | 134922641 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1940-12-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (American Electric Power Service Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All American Electric Power Service Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $9.3B 1.1984019481086186% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 32,822 | $9.2B |
| 2023 | 2 | 32,886 | $9.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 33,604 | $9.3B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- GE Aerospace Pension Plan $19.0B · 9,637
- Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan $6.5B · 12,187
- Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan $3.9B · 10,387
- Parker Defined Benefit Pension Plan $3.5B · 8,120
- Nationwide Retirement Plan - Final Average Pay $3.5B · 5,058
Scale composition for American Electric Power System Retirement Plan
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan reports $4.1B in end-of-year assets across 16,073 participants (0.033% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.017% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $254,203 per participant (1.8x the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2024 was -$377M.
This plan identity (EIN 134922641, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $4.5B to $4.1B (-9.2%) while covered participants moved from 15,837 to 16,073 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.
| Plan year | Participants | EOY assets | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15,837 | $4.5B | Open filing |
| 2023 | 15,595 | $4.5B | Open filing |
| 2024 · index core | 16,073 | $4.1B | This page |
The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:
- Aep Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan (401(k), $5.2B, 17,531 participants)
American Electric Power System Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat and Mission Systems) in VA ($4.1B); by covered participants it is Pension, Hospitalization & Benefit Plan of the Electrical Industry - Pension Trust Acct in NY (15,968 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($4.1B here).
- General Dynamics Retirement Plan (Electric Boat and Mission Systems) (VA) $4.1B · 7,035
- Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Union Pacific Corporation & Affiliates (NE) $4.1B · 3,382
- General Motors Salaried Retirement Program (MI) $4.1B · 8,644
- Lucent Technologies Inc. Pension Plan (NJ) $4.0B · N/A
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (16,073 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pension, Hospitalization & Benefit Plan of the Electrical Industry - Pension Trust Acct (NY) 15,968 · 105 off
- National Automatic Sprinkler Industry Pension Fund (MD) 15,964 · 109 off
- The Prudential Merged Retirement Plan (NJ) 16,233 · 160 off
- The Citigroup Pension Plan (CT) 15,906 · 167 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.