Public Service Electric and Gas Company

Newark, NJ UtilitiesNAICS 221500

Self-funded health planPlan year 2025Renews JanuaryCollectively bargained
4,697Participants0% vs. prior year
$11.1MEst. pharmacy spend / yrParticipants × national avg.
Jan 2027Next renewalPlan year begins January 1
#2 of 5Utilities in NJBy participants

Overview

Public Service Electric and Gas Company sponsors a self-funded health plan that covered 4,697 participants in plan year 2025, about the same as the prior year. The plan year starts in January. Alongside medical, its benefits filing reports life insurance, dental, vision, long-term disability.

Plan type
ERISA welfare benefit plan, self-funded (benefits paid from employer assets or a trust)
Participants
4,697 · prior year 4,702
Plan year
Begins January 1 · next renewal January 2027
Health plans filed
Public Service Electric and Gas Company Benefits 2000 Plan for Represented Employees, plan 542 (4,697 participants); Public Service Electric and Gas Company Choices Benefits Plan, plan 538 (456 participants)
Broker compensation
$906K across insured contracts
MedicalLife insuranceDentalVisionLong-term disabilityOther welfare benefits

Insurance carriers

Insured coverage reported on Schedule A. Self-funded medical claims aren't reported there.

CarrierCoverageCoveredPremiumBroker comp
Securian Life InsuranceLife25,356$41.9M$899K
Life Insurance Company of North AmericaLong-term disability4,665$4.9M$8K
Prudential Insurance Company of AmericaLong Term Care450$2.6M—
Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyVision4,354$734K—
Aetna Life Insurance Co.Dental636$585K—

Pharmacy benefit estimate

StreamRX estimate for a plan this size. Not based on this plan's claims.

$11.1M/ year

Estimated prescription spend: 4,697 participants × $2,371 national average per member. Usually higher once dependents are counted.

$290K–$714K/ year

Typical savings opportunity found in independent reviews of plans this size.

Brands with a generic available$85K–$212K
Lower-cost therapeutic alternatives$124K–$258K
Generic pricing vs. actual cost$53K–$160K
PBM contract terms$28K–$84K
The DOL's PBM fee disclosure rule first applies to this plan for the plan year beginning January 2028: semiannual PBM compensation reports and an annual audit right.

Form 5500 filing details

Filing
Form 5500 with Schedule A, plan year 2025
Plan sponsor
Public Service Electric and Gas Company
Sponsor EIN
22-1212800
Plan numbers
542, 538
Filed with
U.S. Department of Labor (EBSA) via EFAST2

Verify this filing: search EIN 22-1212800 in the Department of Labor's EFAST2 Form 5500 search.

About this data

Source: Public Service Electric and Gas Company's Form 5500 filing for plan year 2025 and its Schedule A insurance reports, published by the U.S. Department of Labor. "Self-funded" means the filing reports benefits paid from employer assets or a trust, with no medical insurance contract or with a stop-loss contract. Pharmacy figures are StreamRX estimates based on national averages. StreamRX is not affiliated with Public Service Electric and Gas Company.

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