Call Fidelity directly at (800) 835-5098 (TDD for the hearing impaired) for assistance with enrollments, rollovers, salary deferral changes, loans, and withdrawals. You may also enroll in the Plan or make changes online through your NetBenefits account. Summary Plan Descriptions are available under the documents section on the right.
Note: Starting January 1, 2026, if you are age 50+ and earned more than $150,000 in 2025, any catch-up contributions you make to your retirement plan must be Roth (after-tax).
Auto Enrollment: New employees will generally be automatically enrolled in the Plan approximately 45 days after the date of hire if they have not made an affirmative election. Employees will automatically be enrolled at a 3.0% pre-tax employee contribution deferral and will be defaulted into an age-based target date mutual fund.
Affirmative Election: New employees will generally have the ability to enroll either online or by phone within one pay period from date of hire. Representatives are available Weekdays, 8:30 AM – 8:00 PM EST. Your new deferral election will generally start within one payroll period after you sign-up.
You must elect your beneficiary designation for your TEP 401(k) Plan account on Fidelity® NetBenefits.
Please note: Some retirement plans restrict whom you can elect as a beneficiary for specific benefits and when you can change your election.
Plan participants may roll over qualified accounts into the TEP 401(k) plan at any time during employment. For information regarding how to roll over an account balance from a previous employer or eligible Individual Retirement Account, please contact Fidelity directly for assistance with the rollover process.
Contact Fidelity for all account inquiries or to obtain a prospectus, which contains detailed investment information on each fund.
Employees may make deferral or investment changes at any time by contacting a Fidelity representative by phone or by making the changes online through Fidelity® NetBenefits.
For loans and withdrawals, there may be paperwork and/or approvals required based on the type of transaction. For general information regarding loans and withdrawals, please review the Summary Plan Description, or for more detailed information, please call Fidelity at (800) 835-5098.
If you leave a UNS company for any reason, you may request a distribution of your account balance as a lump sum, or as a rollover to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), or another employer’s qualified plan. Call Fidelity directly at (800) 835-5098 for more information. In general, there will be a 14-day waiting period from your date of termination until the funds can be released. As always, you may want to contact your tax advisor for information about the tax consequences of any withdrawals.
For a more detailed description of the funds offered in the Plan, please call the Fidelity Retirement Benefits Line at (800) 835-5098 or visit Fidelity online at Fidelity® NetBenefits.
Keep in mind, investing involves risk. The value of your investment will fluctuate over time and you may gain or lose money.
Before investing in any mutual fund, carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. For this and other information, call Fidelity for a free prospectus. Read it carefully before you invest.
In addition to scheduled on-site events, you may take on-demand workshops at any time at your own pace, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by going to Fidelity e-Learning. Log in using your Fidelity login ID and password, then select the workshop of interest by clicking “Launch”.
For regular employees hired before January 1, 2025 or TEP-IBEW employees, UNS provides generous pension benefits. View your workgroup SPD in the PDF documents section for more information if eligible.
Beneficiaries are designated at the time of commencement, which occurs post-employment or at the time of retirement. Should something happen to you before that date, each pension plan has a specified death benefit only to a legal spouse to whom you have been married at least a year. Please refer to your plan’s Summary Plan Description for additional details.
Financial considerations are a big part of planning for your eventual retirement. With the stroke of a few keys, you have the power to privately explore different pension calculations at eepoint.com/uns.
Day or night, from any computer or mobile device, UNS Pension Employee Self-Service (ESS) allows you to securely review and better understand your pension benefits. It also allows you to explore “what if” scenarios by selecting different retirement assumptions, such as varying the age you wish to retire.
Please utilize the expertise of the Benefits team if you have additional retirement questions or issues with the tool. Contact us at (520) 918-8383 or email TotalRewards@tep.com.
To submit for retirement in Workday, please refer to this Knowledge Article.
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