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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of Asset Retirement Obligations | reconciliation of the ARO liabilities is as follows:
| PNMR |  | PNM |  | TNMP
| (In thousands)
Liability at December 31, 2016 | $ | 127,519 |  |  | $ | 126,601 |  |  | $ | 754 |
Liabilities incurred(1) | 1,854 |  |  | 1,853 |  |  | — |
Liabilities settled | (968 | ) |  | (944 | ) |  | (24 | )
Accretion expense | 10,680 |  |  | 10,603 |  |  | 63 |
Revisions to estimated cash flows | 7,594 |  |  | 7,594 |  |  | — |
Liability at December 31, 2017 | 146,679 |  |  | 145,707 |  |  | 793 |
Liabilities incurred | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Liabilities settled | (192 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Accretion expense | 11,482 |  |  | 11,402 |  |  | 67 |
Revisions to estimated cash flows | 705 |  |  | 705 |  |  | — |
Liability at December 31, 2018 | 158,674 |  |  | 157,814 |  |  | 860 |
Liabilities incurred | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Liabilities settled | (987 | ) |  | (935 | ) |  | (52 | )
Accretion expense | 12,635 |  |  | 12,562 |  |  | 73 |
Revisions to estimated cash flows(2) | 11,640 |  |  | 11,640 |  |  | — |
Liability at December 31, 2019 | $ | 181,962 |  |  | $ | 181,081 |  |  | $ | 881 |
(1) Represents the obligation related to the additional ownership interest in SJGS Unit 4 that PNM acquired on December 31, 2017 due to the restructuring of the ownership of SJGS.

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