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Capitalization (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Short-term Debt [Table Text Block]

Short-term debt outstanding consisted of:

		September 30,				December 31,
Short-term Debt		2011				2010
		(In thousands)
PNM – Revolving credit facility		$	257,000			$	190,000
TNMP – Revolving credit facility		—				—
PNMR
Revolving credit facility		32,000				32,000
Local lines of credit		—				—
		$	289,000			$	222,000

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Tabular disclosure of short-term debt arrangements (having initial terms of repayment within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer) including: (1) description of the short-term debt arrangement; (2) identification of the lender or type of lender; (3) repayment terms; (4) weighted average interest rate; (5) carrying amount of funds borrowed under the specified short-term debt arrangement as of the balance sheet date; (6) description of the refinancing of a short-term obligation when that obligation is excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet; and (7) amount of a short-term obligation that has been excluded from current liabilities in the balance sheet because of a refinancing of the obligation.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Article 5



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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