Form 8-K
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
 
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)   
 October 17, 2006
  
 
(September 30, 2006)
  
 
Commission
 
Name of Registrants, State of Incorporation,
  
I.R.S. Employer
File Number
  
Address and Telephone Number
  
Identification No.
         
001-32462
  
PNM Resources, Inc.
  
85-0468296
   
(A New Mexico Corporation)
    
   
Alvarado Square
    
   
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158
    
   
(505) 241-2700
    
         
001-06986
  
Public Service Company of New Mexico
  
85-0019030
   
(A New Mexico Corporation)
    
   
Alvarado Square
    
   
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158
    
   
(505) 241-2700
    
         
002-97230
  
Texas-New Mexico Power Company
  
75-0204070
   
(A Texas Corporation)
    
   
4100 International Plaza,
   
   
P.O. Box 2943
    
   
Fort Worth, Texas 76113
    
   
(817) 731-0099
    
______________________________
 
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 
PNM Resources, Inc. and Subsidiaries (“PNMR” or the "Company") is furnishing in this Current Report on Form 8-K select Comparative Operating Statistics for the months of September 2006 and 2005 and the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and September 30, 2005 to provide investors with key monthly business indicators. Readers of this Current Report on Form 8-K should refer to the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company’s annual and quarterly periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, respectively, for a discussion of actual results of operations and any significant trends.
 
The Company’s principal operating subsidiaries are Public Service Company of New Mexico (“PNM”), a regulated utility operating in New Mexico, Texas-New Mexico Power Company (“TNMP”), a regulated utility operating in Texas and New Mexico, First Choice Power, L.P. (“First Choice”), a certified retail electric provider operating in Texas and Altura Power, L.P. (“Altura”), which owns and operates Twin Oaks, a 305 MW coal-fired power plant located 150 miles south of Dallas, Texas. Select Comparative Operating Statistics for these subsidiaries are included in the information presented below.

 
Month Ended
  
Nine Months Ended
  
 
September 30,
  
September 30,
  
 
2006
  
2005
  
2006
  
2005
  
     
(In thousands)
      
Energy Sales - MWh (1)
                
Regulated Sales:
                
PNM Electric
648
  
669
  
6,032
  
5,839
  
TNMP Electric (2)
653
  
664
  
5,810
  
5,673
  
                 
Total Regulated Sales
1,301
  
1,333
  
11,842
  
11,512
  
                 
Unregulated Sales:
                
Wholesale Long Term (3)
393
  
202
  
3,000
  
1,940
  
Wholesale Short Term
524
  
811
  
5,509
  
6,375
  
First Choice (2)
389
  
396
  
3,214
  
3,240
  
                 
Total Unregulated Sales
1,306
  
1,409
  
11,723
  
11,555
  

Amounts included in notes below are in thousands

(1) Megawatt hours are presented on a segment basis only. The sum of segment megawatt hours is not presented as it includes intersegment activity and would not properly reflect total megawatt hours for the consolidated Company.

(2) The Company completed its acquisition of TNP Enterprises, Inc. and its principal subsidiaries, TNMP and First Choice, on June 6, 2005. For comparative purposes, the nine months ended September 30, 2005 includes pre-acquisition data.

(3) Altura completed its acquisition of Twin Oaks on April 18, 2006. Wholesale Long Term includes 184 MWh and 1,111 MWh for Altura for the month and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. No comparative data is presented for 2005.
 




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Heating Degree Day (“HDD”) values and Cooling Degree Day (“CDD”) values represent the accumulation in degrees that the daily mean temperature was below or above, respectively, 65 degrees Fahrenheit during a period of time, typically corresponding to a calendar month.

Statistics on HDD and CDD are taken from the service territories of the service provider. PNM’s HDD and CDD statistics are based on weather in Albuquerque, New Mexico. TNMP’s HDD and CDD statistics are based on data from Waco, Houston, Wink, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas and Alamogordo and Deming, New Mexico. HDD and CDD statistics for First Choice are based on data from Waco, Houston, Wink, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

Weather - Cycle-Weighted HDD and CDD:

 
Month Ended
  
Nine Months Ended
  
 
September 30,
  
September 30,
  
 
2006
  
2005
  
2006
  
2005
  
PNM
                
                 
HDD
25
  
4
  
2,581
  
2,782
  
                 
CDD
182
  
309
  
1,314
  
1,417
  
                 
TNMP
               
HDD
1
  
-
  
1,025
  
1,194
  
                 
CDD
530
  
582
  
2,733
  
2,544
  
                 
First Choice
               
HDD
-
  
-
  
957
  
1,117
  
                 
CDD
560
  
600
  
2,841
  
2,611
  




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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
PNM RESOURCES, INC.
 
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO
 
TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY
 
(Registrants)
   
   
Date: October 17, 2006
/s/ Thomas G. Sategna
 
Thomas G. Sategna
 
Vice President and Corporate Controller
 
(Officer duly authorized to sign this report)

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