<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001562180-16-002380.txt : 20160518
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160518131832
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001562180-16-002380
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160517
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160518
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160518

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:		414 SILVER AVE. SW
		CITY:			ALBUQUERQUE
		STATE:			NM
		ZIP:			87102-3289
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5052412700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		414 SILVER AVE. SW
		STREET 2:		ATTN: MS 0905 - CATHY MARTINEZ
		CITY:			ALBUQUERQUE
		STATE:			NM
		ZIP:			87102-3289

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MANZANO CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20000303

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BECKER NORMAN P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001674431

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32462
		FILM NUMBER:		161660043

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		3900 SINGER BOULEVARD N.E.
		CITY:			ALBUQUERQUE
		STATE:			NM
		ZIP:			87109
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-05-17</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>false</notSubjectToSection16>

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

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001674431</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>BECKER NORMAN P.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>907 LOS PRADOS DE GUADALUPE N.W.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NM</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>87107</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>false</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Rights</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2016-05-17</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>2339.00</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2339.00</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2339.00</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each restricted stock right represents a contingent right to receive one share of PNM Resources, Inc. common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The restricted stock units vest in three equal annual installments beginning May 17, 2017.  Vested shares will be delivered to the reporting person on the applicable vesting dates (or, if the company is in a blackout period under its insider trading policy on any vesting date, at a later date after such blackout period ends).</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Laurie S. Monfiletto, POA for Norman P. Becker</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-05-18</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>nbeckerpoa.txt
<DESCRIPTION>BECKER POA
<TEXT>
Power of Attorney

I, Norman P. Becker, reside at 907 Los Prados de Guadalupe N.W., Los Ranchos
de Albuquerque, NM  87107.  I appoint Laurie S. Monfiletto, Vice President,
Human Resources, Corporate Headquarters, MS-0705, Albuquerque, New Mexico
87158; Angela Pino, Manager, Compensation, Corporate Headquarters, MS-0755,
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158; or Donna Briggs, Administrator III, Corporate
Headquarters, MS-0705, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158 to serve as my
attorneys-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for me in my capacity as a Director 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 execute any amendments,
	and timely file the forms with the Untied 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 attorneys-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/Norman P. Becker
						Norman P. Becker

					ACKNOWLEDGMENT

State of New Mexico		)
				) ss.
County of Bernalillo		)

	The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me on May 9, 2016,
by Norman P. Becker.

						/s/Gloria Esquibel
						Notary Public

						My Commission Expires: August 3, 2019
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