Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative

Data updated 2026-05-15

$23M
Total assets
56
Participants
73rd
Percentile by assets
$402,946
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Volunteer Energy Cooperative · Tennessee · Utilities

What the 2024 filing shows

Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative holds $23M for 56 participants - about $402,946 per participant, above the median plan by assets, up 7.3% over the 2024 plan year.

$23M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
56
covered participants
73rd
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$402,946
avg assets per participant
State
Industry
Utilities

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative

Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Volunteer Energy Cooperative, headquartered in Tennessee. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $23M in total end-of-year assets and covers 56 participants across the Utilities industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 620395590, and the plan has been effective since 1947-06-23. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets grew at a solid clip from $21M at the beginning of 2024 to $23M at year-end - up 7.3%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $23M, with reported net income of $2M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Volunteer Energy Cooperative has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $20M to $23M, a gain of 10.4%, while reported participants moved from 69 to 56 (-18.8%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2024 at $23M; the softest was 2022 at $20M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $20M in assets across 1 plan covering 69 participants; 2023 - $21M in assets across 1 plan covering 65 participants; 2024 - $23M in assets across 1 plan covering 56 participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$21M
Total Assets (End of Year)$23M
Net Assets (End of Year)$23M
Net Income$2M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN620395590
Plan Effective Date1947-06-23
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Volunteer Energy Cooperative)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 69 $20M
2023 1 65 $21M
2024 1 56 $23M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative holds $23M in total assets with 56 participants. It is sponsored by Volunteer Energy Cooperative.
What type of plan is Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative?
Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1947-06-23. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 620395590.
Who sponsors the Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative?
Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative is sponsored by Volunteer Energy Cooperative, located in Tennessee. The sponsor's EIN is 620395590 and the plan operates in the Utilities industry.
How did Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative perform in 2024?
Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative grew at a solid clip - up 7.3% during 2024, moving from $21M to $23M in total assets. Net income was $2M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative's numbers.

  • By total assets, Pension Plan for Employees of Volunteer Energy Cooperative ranks above the median plan by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee. Compare plans
  • Volunteer Energy Cooperative's sponsor-wide assets have grown 10.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Utilities plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 620395590.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.