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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100519161646
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001108426-10-000055
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100518
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100519
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100519

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WILKINSON BRUCE W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001199548

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32462
		FILM NUMBER:		10845402

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1333 WEST LOOP SOUTH, STE 1700
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77027

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PNM RESOURCES INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001108426
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				850019030
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NM
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALVARADO SQUARE
		STREET 2:		NEW MEXICO
		CITY:			ALBUQUERQUE
		STATE:			NM
		ZIP:			87158
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5052412700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALVARADO SQUARE
		CITY:			ALBUQUERQUE
		STATE:			NM
		ZIP:			87158

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MANZANO CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000303
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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-05-18</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001108426</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PNM RESOURCES INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PNM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001199548</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WILKINSON BRUCE W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>715 HUNTERS GROVE LANE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77024</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-05-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>9000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-05-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-05-18</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The restricted stock rights vest in three equal annual installments beginning on 05/18/11.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Based on the closing price on the date of the grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The options vest in three equal annual installments beginning on 05/18/11.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Bruce W. Wilkinson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-05-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY - BRUCE W. WILKINSON
<TEXT>
<HTML><BODY><PRE>POWER OF ATTORNEY



I, Bruce W. Wilkinson, reside at 715 Hunters Grove

Lane,Houston, TX  77024.  I appoint Jim Acosta,

Director,Ethics & Governance, Alvarado Square, MS-2850,

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158, Kathleen Campbell, Sr.

Corporate Governance Analyst, Alvarado Square, MS-2820,

Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158 or Linda M. Montoya,

Sr. Corporate Governance Analyst, Alvarado Square,

MS-2850, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158 to serve as my

attorney-in-fact to:



(1) execute for me in my capacity as an Officer of PNM

Resources, Inc. ("Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in

accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange

Act of 1934 ("1934 Act") and the associated rules;

(2) perform for me all acts which may be necessary or desirable

to complete and execute Forms 3, 4, and 5, complete and

executive any amendments, and timely file the forms with the

United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the

New York Stock Exchange, or similar authority; or

(3) take any other action related to the powers identified in

items (1) and (2), which, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact,

may be legally required or beneficial to me.



I acknowledge that the attorneys-in-fact are serving at my

request and neither they nor the company are assuming any of my

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the 1934 Act.  This

Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am

no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to my

holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,

unless earlier revoked by me in a signed writing delivered to the

attorneys-in-fact.



/s/Bruce W. Wilkinson

Bruce W. Wilkinson



ACKNOWLEDGMENT



State of New Mexico )

   ) ss.

County of Bernalillo )



The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on

May 18, 2010, by Bruce W. Wilkinson.



/s/ Jim Acosta

Notary Public



My Commission Expires: 02/19/12

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