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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2010 | Dec. 31, 2009
Electricity, transmission and distribution related services [Member] | TNMP to PNMR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | $ 33,813,000 |  | $ 39,084,000 |  | $ 41,338,000 |
Service billings [Member] | PNM to TNMP [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 550,000 |  | 400,000 |  | 698,000 |
Service billings [Member] | TNMP to PNMR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 164,000 |  | 319,000 |  | 636,000 |
Service billings [Member] | PNMR to PNM [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 98,914,000 | [1] | 93,602,000 | [1] | 80,141,000 | [1]
Shared service billings |  |  |  |  | 900,000 |
Service billings [Member] | PNMR to TNMP |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 29,353,000 |  | 25,455,000 |  | 22,919,000 |
Service billings [Member] | PNMR to Optim Energy [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 4,083,000 |  | 5,778,000 |  | 6,743,000 |
Service billings [Member] | Optim Energy to PNMR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 23,000 |  | 173,000 |  | 305,000 |
Income tax sharing payments [Member] | TNMP to PNMR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 0 |  | 0 |  | 4,322,000 |
Income tax sharing payments [Member] | PNM to PNMR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 0 |  | 0 |  | 126,527,000 |
Income tax sharing payments [Member] | PNMR to PNM [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 0 |  | (59,298,000) |  | 0 |
Income tax sharing payments [Member] | PNMR to TNMP |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 0 |  | (13,869,000) |  | 0 |
Interest charges [Member] | TNMP to PNMR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | 40,000 |  | 281,000 |  | 849,000 |
Interest charges [Member] | PNM to PNMR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of related party transaction | $ 54,000 |  | $ 13,000 |  | $ 8,000 |
[1] | of PNMR, PNM and TNMP: Year Ended December 31, 2011 2010 2009 (In thousands) Electricity, transmission and distribution related services billings: TNMP to PNMR$33,813 $39,084 $41,338Services billings: PNMR to PNM(1)98,914 93,602 80,141PNMR to TNMP29,353 25,455 22,919PNM to TNMP550 400 698TNMP to PNMR164 319 636PNMR to Optim Energy4,083 5,778 6,743Optim Energy to PNMR23 173 305Income tax sharing payments: PNM to PNMR— — 126,527TNMP to PNMR— — 4,322PNMR to TNMP— (13,869) —PNMR to PNM— (59,298) —Interest payments: PNM to PNMR54 13 8TNMP to PNMR40 281 849(1) Includes billings to PNM Gas of $0.9 million in 2009.

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