SUNation Energy, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Pensions

Pensions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

NOTE 10 – PENSIONS

The Company's U.K. based subsidiary Austin Taylor maintains defined benefit pension plans that cover seven active employees. The Company does not provide any other post-retirement benefits to its employees. Components of net periodic benefit cost of the pension plans were:


	Three months Ended March 31
	2012			2011
Service cost	$	9,000			12,000
Interest cost		62,000			67,000
Expected return on plan assets		(69,000	)		(63,000	)
Amortization of prior service cost		12,000			—
	$	14,000		$	16,000

- Definition

The entire disclosure for postemployment benefits, which may include supplemental unemployment benefits, obligations recognized for all types of benefits provided to former or inactive employees, their beneficiaries, and covered dependents after employment but before retirement. Disclosure may also include discussion that an obligation for postemployment benefits is not accrued in accordance with regulation only because the amount cannot be reasonably estimated.

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