EX-32.1 11 dex321.htm CEO AND CFO CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 - PNMR

PNM Resources

Alvarado Square

Albuquerque, NM 87158

www.pnmresources.com

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO § 906 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2010, for PNM Resources, Inc. (“Company”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 3, 2010 (“Report”), each of the undersigned officers of the Company certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

| (1) | the Report fully complies with the requirements of § 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

| (2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: November 3, 2010 |  |  |  | By: |  | /s/ Patricia K. Collawn
|  |  |  |  |  | Patricia K. Collawn
|  |  |  |  |  | President and Chief Executive Officer
|  |  |  |  |  | PNM Resources, Inc.

|  |  |  | By: |  | /s/ Charles N. Eldred
|  |  |  |  |  | Charles N. Eldred
|  |  |  |  |  | Executive Vice President and
|  |  |  |  |  | Chief Financial Officer