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Financing
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Financing FinancingThe Company’s financing strategy includes both short-term and long-term borrowings. The Company utilizes short-term revolving credit facilities, as well as cash flows from operations, to provide funds for both construction and operating expenditures. Depending on market and other conditions, the Company will periodically sell long-term debt or enter into term loan arrangements and use the proceeds to reduce borrowings under the revolving credit facilities or refinance other debt. Each of the Company’s revolving credit facilities, term loans, and other debt agreements contains a single financial covenant that requires the maintenance of a debt-to-capitalization ratio. For the PNMR agreements this ratio must be maintained at less than or equal to 70%, and for the PNM and TNMP agreements this ratio must be maintained at less than or equal to 65%. The Company’s revolving credit facilities, term loans, and other debt agreements generally also contain customary covenants, events of default, cross-default provisions, and change-of-control provisions. PNM must obtain NMPRC approval for any financing transaction having a maturity of more than 18 months. In addition, PNM files its annual informational financing
filing and short-term financing plan with the NMPRC. Additional information concerning financing activities is contained in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2021 Annual Reports on Form 10-K.

Financing Activities

On April 27, 2022, TNMP entered into an agreement (the "TNMP 2022 Bond Purchase Agreement") with institutional investors for the sale of $160.0 million aggregate principal amount of two series of TNMP first mortgage bonds (the "TNMP 2022 Bonds") offered in private placement transactions. TNMP will issue the first series of $65.0 million of the TNMP 2022 Bonds on May 12, 2022, at a 4.13% interest rate, due May 12, 2052 and the second series of $95.0 million of the TNMP 2022 Bonds will be issued on or before July 28, 2022, at a 3.81% interest rate, due July 28, 2032. The proceeds will be used to repay borrowings under the TNMP Revolving Credit Facility and for other corporate purposes. The TNMP 2022 Bonds are subject to continuing compliance with the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in the supplemental indenture governing the TNMP 2022 Bonds. The terms of the supplemental indenture governing the TNMP 2022 Bonds include the customary covenants discussed above. In the event of a change of control, TNMP will be required to offer to prepay the TNMP 2022 Bonds at par. However, the definition of change of control in the supplemental indenture governing the TNMP 2022 Bonds will not be triggered by the close of the Merger. TNMP has the right to redeem any or all of the TNMP 2022 Bonds prior to their maturity, subject to payment of a customary make-whole premium.

On May 18, 2021, PNMR entered into a $1.0 billion delayed-draw term loan agreement (the “PNMR 2021 Delayed-Draw Term Loan”), among PNMR, the lenders party thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. In 2021, PNMR drew $900.0 million to repay and terminate existing indebtedness as discussed in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2021 Annual Reports on Form 10-K. On January 24, 2022, PNMR drew the remaining $100.0 million available.

On March 9, 2018, PNMR issued $300.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.25% SUNs (the “PNMR 2018 SUNs”), which matured on March 9, 2021. On December 22, 2020, PNMR entered into the $300.0 million PNMR 2020 Delayed-Draw Term Loan with a January 2022 maturity and drew $80.0 million to refinance existing indebtedness and for other corporate purposes. On March 9, 2021, PNMR utilized the remaining $220.0 million of capacity under the PNMR 2020 Delayed-Draw Term Loan to repay an equivalent amount of the PNMR 2018 SUNs. The remaining $80.0 million repayment of the PNMR 2018 SUNs was funded through borrowings under the PNMR Revolving Credit Facility. The PNMR 2020 Delayed-Draw Term Loan was prepaid without penalty in May 2021 with proceeds from the PNMR 2021 Delayed-Draw Term Loan.

At March 31, 2022, variable interest rates were 1.29% on the PNMR 2021 Delayed-Draw Term Loan that matures in May 2023 and 1.28% on the PNM 2021 Term Loan that matures in December 2022.

Short-term Debt and Liquidity

Currently, the PNMR Revolving Credit Facility has a financing capacity of $300.0 million and the PNM Revolving Credit Facility has a financing capacity of $400.0 million. Both facilities currently expire on October 31, 2023 and contain options to be extended through October 2024, subject to approval by a majority of the lenders. PNM also has the $40.0 million PNM 2017 New Mexico Credit Facility that expires on December 12, 2022. The TNMP Revolving Credit Facility has a financing capacity of $75.0 million secured by $75.0 million aggregate principal amount of TNMP first mortgage bonds. On March 11, 2022, the TNMP Revolving Credit Facility was amended to extend the maturity to September 23, 2024, replace the LIBOR benchmark with SOFR, include two one-year extension options, subject to approval by a majority of the lenders, and incorporate an accordion feature that would allow TNMP to increase the size of the revolver to $100.0 million subject to certain conditions. PNMR Development had a $40.0 million revolving credit facility that was scheduled to expire on January 31, 2022. On May 18, 2021, the PNMR Development Revolving Credit Facility was terminated. Variable interest rates under the PNMR and PNM facilities are based on LIBOR but contain provisions which allow for the replacement of LIBOR with other widely accepted interest rates.
Short-term debt outstanding consists of:
March 31,December 31,
Short-term Debt20222021
(In thousands)
PNM Revolving Credit Facility$4,700 $7,400 
TNMP Revolving Credit Facility75,000 400 
PNMR Revolving Credit Facility6,300 54,900 
$86,000 $62,700 

At March 31, 2022, the weighted average interest rates were 1.70% for the PNM Revolving Credit Facility, 1.25% for the TNMP Revolving Credit Facility, and 1.95% for the PNMR Revolving Credit Facility. There were no borrowings outstanding under the PNM 2017 New Mexico Revolving Credit Facility at March 31, 2022.

In addition to the above borrowings, PNMR, PNM, and TNMP had letters of credit outstanding of $3.4 million, zero, and zero at March 31, 2022 that reduce the available capacity under their respective revolving credit facilities. In addition, PNMR had $30.3 million of letters of credit outstanding under the WFB LOC Facility. The above table excludes intercompany debt. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, neither PNM nor PNMR Development had any intercompany borrowings from PNMR. TNMP had $0.7 million and zero in intercompany borrowings from PNMR at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. PNMR had $6.3 million and $6.4 million in intercompany borrowings from PNMR Development at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

In 2017, PNMR entered into three separate four-year hedging agreements whereby it effectively established fixed interest rates of 1.926%, 1.823%, and 1.629%, plus customary spreads over LIBOR for three separate tranches, each of $50.0 million, of its variable rate debt. On March 23, 2021, the 1.926% fixed interest rate hedge agreement expired according to its terms and the remaining agreements expired on May 23, 2021.

At April 21, 2022, PNMR, PNM, and TNMP had availability of $265.5 million, $400.0 million, and zero under their respective revolving credit facilities, including reductions of availability due to outstanding letters of credit. PNM had $40.0 million of availability under the PNM 2017 New Mexico Credit Facility. Total availability at April 21, 2022, on a consolidated basis, was $705.5 million for PNMR. As of April 21, 2022, PNM and PNMR Development had no borrowings from PNMR under their intercompany loan agreements. However, TNMP had $30.2 million in intercompany borrowings from PNMR. PNMR had $6.3 million in intercompany borrowings from PNMR Development. At April 21, 2022, PNMR, PNM, and TNMP had invested cash of $0.9 million, $8.7 million, and zero.

The Company’s debt arrangements have various maturities and expiration dates. PNM has $104.5 million of PCRBs that must be refinanced or repriced in June 2022 and the PNM 2021 $75.0 million Term Loan matures in December 2022. Additional information on debt maturities is contained in Note 7 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2021 Annual Reports on Form 10-K.