Contract with Customers, Asset and Liability [Roll Forward]

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Number Of Regulated Utilities

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Public Utilities, Concentration Risk, Amount To Sell Due To Agreement

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Public Utilities, Concentration Risk, Potential Market Risk

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Public Utilities, Number of Megawatts Nuclear Generation

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Amortization period of cost capitalized in obtaining or fulfilling contract with customer, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of the asset arising from commodity contracts such as futures contracts tied to the movement of a particular commodity, which are expected to be converted into cash or otherwise disposed of within a year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration in exchange for good or service transferred to customer when right is conditioned on something other than passage of time.

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Electric Operating Revenue Narrative (Details)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) utility MW	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 MW
Contract with Customers, Asset and Liability [Roll Forward]
Number of regulated utilities \| utility	2
Capitalized contract cost, amortization period (in years)	5 years
Contract assets \| $	$ 0
Public Service Company of New Mexico
Contract with Customers, Asset and Liability [Roll Forward]
Expected exposure to market risk (in megawatts)	65		65
Power to be sold to third party (in megawatts)	36		36
Contract with customers, net \| $	$ 59,300,000	$ 61,700,000
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Unit 3 \| Clean Air Act, SNCR \| Public Service Company of New Mexico
Contract with Customers, Asset and Liability [Roll Forward]
Number of megawatts (in megawatts)			134