Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Liberty Utilities Co. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$74M
Total assets Below avg plan size
1,704
Participants Near avg headcount
88th
Percentile by assets National rank
$43,597
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan · Sponsored by Liberty Utilities Co. · Arizona · Utilities

$74M in assets, 1,704 participants

Liberty Utilities Co.'s Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan reported $74M in total assets and 1,704 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.

  • #417 in Utilities (732 peers)

Coverage in Arizona

Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan covers 1,704 participants in Arizona, 3.0x the typical Arizona plan (state average ~564 per filing). Assets: $74M.

#417
in Utilities (732 peers)
+14.7%
assets growth YoY
0.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$74,288,851 Top 12% higher than 88% of 123,620 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 2024

Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan lands in the large band (1,704 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan end-of-year assets rose from $65M in the plan year 2023 filing to $74M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan reported net income fell from $11M in the plan year 2023 filing to $9M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan reported participants rose from 1,533 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,704 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 274444001 · Liberty Utilities Co. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan · $74M · 1,704 · 88th

  • PART $74M
  • TYPE 1,704
  • NET 88th
  • BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Afton Chemical Corporation Pension Plan for Employees Represented by United Food & Commercial Workers International Union/Icwu Loc871c
  • BOY ind #417

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 Arizona →

Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 152 Pension Tr FundPlumbers & Pipefitters Local…$74MPension Plan of the Employers-Shopmen's Local 516 Pension TrustPension Plan of the Employer…$74MAfton Chemical Corporation Pension Plan for Employees Represented by United Food & Commercial Workers International Union/Icwu Loc871cAfton Chemical Corporation P…$74MLiberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension PlanLiberty Utilities Cash Balan…$74MDr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. Personal Pension Account PlanDr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc…$74M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Arizona filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$65M
Net Assets (End of Year)$74M
Net Income$9M
Employer EIN274444001
Plan Effective Date2013-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Liberty Utilities Co.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Liberty Utilities Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$480M 15.789819067595099% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$400M$420M$440M$460M$480M$500M 202220232024 $414M $480M ▲ +15.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 2,070 $414M
2023 2 2,151 $458M
2024 2 2,282 $480M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Arizona

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

Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000200002500030000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.074288851 · Participants: 1704Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension PlanPinnacle West Capital Corporation Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.099073138 · Participants: 6044Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Retirement PlanSalt River Project Employees' Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.908519301 · Participants: 4989Salt River Project Employees' Retirement PlanDesert States Employers & Ufcw Unions Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.037847285 · Participants: 24099Desert States Employers & Ufcw Unions Pension PlanAvnet Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.472409413 · Participants: 2732Avnet Pension PlanArizona Pipe Trades Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.418546411 · Participants: 2281Arizona Pipe Trades Pension Plan
Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Arizona, assets vs. participants

Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Arizona, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Afton Chemical Corporation Pension Plan for Employees Represented by United Food & Commercial Workers International Union/Icwu Loc871c in VA ($74M); by covered participants it is United States Cold Storage, Inc. Pension Plan in NJ (1,702 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan assets move in 2024?
Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan grew at a solid clip - up 14.7% during 2024, from $65M to $74M. Reported net income was $9M.
How have Liberty Utilities Co. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Liberty Utilities Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 15.8%, from $414M to $480M.
Where does Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan ranks in the 88th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Afton Chemical Corporation Pension Plan for Employees Represented by United Food & Commercial Workers International Union/Icwu Loc871c in VA ($74M, 155 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is United States Cold Storage, Inc. Pension Plan in NJ (1,702 participants, $79M in assets).