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Lease Commitments Lease Commitments (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Lease commitments  
Schedule of Rent Expense [Table Text Block]
Operating lease expense was:
 
PNMR
 
PNM
 
TNMP
 
(In thousands)
2011
$
86,323

 
$
78,422

 
$
3,606

2010
$
79,491

 
$
71,209

 
$
3,737

2009
$
77,697

 
$
75,865

 
$
2,493
Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]
Future minimum operating lease payments at December 31, 2011 shown below have been reduced by PNM’s lease payments for amounts that will be returned to PNM on the lessor notes, which amounts vary but are approximately $44 million in 2012 and reduce thereafter to approximately $33 million annually in 2015:

 
PNMR
 
PNM
 
TNMP
 
(In thousands)
2012
$
49,923

 
$
43,562

 
$
3,045

2013
51,547

 
45,315

 
2,875

2014
59,511

 
54,057

 
2,457

2015
39,827

 
36,663

 
1,549

2016
18,461

 
17,457

 
1,000

Later years
103,669

 
103,302

 
367

 
322,938

 
300,356

 
11,293

Future payments under non-cancelable subleases
1,523

 
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—

Net minimum lease payments
$
321,415

 
$
300,356

 
$
11,293