Form 8-K
 


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
 
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
   September 25, 2006
 
 
   (August 31, 2006)
 

Commission
 
Name of Registrants, State of Incorporation,
 
I.R.S. Employer
File Number
 
Address and Telephone Number
 
Identification No.
         
001-32462
 
PNM Resources, Inc.
 
85-0468296
   
(A New Mexico Corporation)
   
   
Alvarado Square
   
   
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158
   
   
(505) 241-2700
   
         
001-06986
 
Public Service Company of New Mexico
 
85-0019030
   
(A New Mexico Corporation)
   
   
Alvarado Square
   
   
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158
   
   
(505) 241-2700
   
         
002-97230
 
Texas-New Mexico Power Company
 
75-0204070
   
(A Texas Corporation)
   
   
4100 International Plaza,
   
   
P.O. Box 2943
   
   
Fort Worth, Texas 76113
   
   
(817) 731-0099
   
______________________________
 
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 
PNM Resources, Inc. and Subsidiaries (“PNMR” or the "Company") is furnishing in this Current Report on Form 8-K select Comparative Operating Statistics for the months of August 2006 and 2005 and the eight months ended August 31, 2006 and August 31, 2005 to provide investors with key monthly business indicators. Readers of this Current Report on Form 8-K should refer to the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company’s annual and quarterly periodic reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, respectively, for a discussion of actual results of operations and any significant trends.
 
The Company’s principal operating subsidiaries are Public Service Company of New Mexico (“PNM”), a regulated utility operating in New Mexico, Texas-New Mexico Power Company (“TNMP”), a regulated utility operating in Texas and New Mexico, First Choice Power, L.P. (“First Choice”), a certified retail electric provider operating in Texas and Altura Power, L.P. (“Altura”), which owns and operates Twin Oaks, a 305 MW coal-fired power plant located 150 miles south of Dallas, Texas. Select Comparative Operating Statistics for these subsidiaries are included in the information presented below.

 
Month Ended
 
Eight Months Ended
 
 
August 31,
 
August 31,
 
 
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
     
(In thousands)
     
Energy Sales - MWh (1)
               
Regulated Sales:
               
PNM Electric
759
 
760
 
5,384
 
5,170
 
TNMP Electric (2) (3)
806
 
751
 
5,157
 
5,009
 
                 
Total Regulated Sales
1,565
 
1,511
 
10,541
 
10,179
 
                 
Unregulated Sales:
               
Wholesale Long Term (4)
450
 
222
 
2,607
 
1,738
 
Wholesale Short Term
553
 
769
 
4,985
 
5,564
 
First Choice (2)
492
 
447
 
2,825
 
2,844
 
                 
Total Unregulated Sales
1,495
 
1,438
 
10,417
 
10,146
 

Amounts included in notes below are in thousands

(1) Megawatt hours are presented on a segment basis only. The sum of segment megawatt hours is not presented as it includes intersegment activity and would not properly reflect total megawatt hours for the consolidated Company.

(2) The Company completed its acquisition of TNP Enterprises, Inc. and its principal subsidiaries, TNMP and First Choice, on June 6, 2005. For comparative purposes, the eight months ended August 31, 2005 includes pre-acquisition data.

(3) Energy sales previously furnished in Current Reports on Form 8-K for January through July 2006 reflected 175 MWh recorded in error for certain manually billed customers. The eight months ended August 31, 2006 includes a correcting reduction of 175 MWh.

(4) Altura completed its acquisition of Twin Oaks on April 18, 2006. Wholesale Long Term includes 206 MWh and 927 MWh for Altura for the month and eight months ended August 31, 2006, respectively. No comparative data is presented for 2005.

 


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Heating Degree Day (“HDD”) values and Cooling Degree Day (“CDD”) values represent the accumulation in degrees that the daily mean temperature was below or above, respectively, 65 degrees Fahrenheit during a period of time, typically corresponding to a calendar month.

Statistics on HDD and CDD are taken from the service territories of the service provider. PNM’s HDD and CDD statistics are based on weather in Albuquerque, New Mexico. TNMP’s HDD and CDD statistics are based on data from Waco, Houston, Wink, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas and Alamogordo and Deming, New Mexico. HDD and CDD statistics for First Choice are based on data from Waco, Houston, Wink, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas.

Weather - Cycle-Weighted HDD and CDD:

 
Month Ended
 
Eight Months Ended
 
 
August 31,
 
August 31,
 
 
2006
 
2005
 
2006
 
2005
 
PNM
               
                 
HDD
-
 
-
 
2,556
 
2,778
 
                 
CDD
364
 
454
 
1,132
 
1,108
 
                 
TNMP
               
HDD
-
 
-
 
1,024
 
1,194
 
                 
CDD
642
 
618
 
2,203
 
1,962
 
                 
First Choice
               
HDD
-
 
-
 
957
 
1,117
 
                 
CDD
662
 
629
 
2,281
 
2,011
 




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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
PNM RESOURCES, INC.
 
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO
 
TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY
 
(Registrants)
   
   
Date: September 25, 2006
/s/ Thomas G. Sategna
 
Thomas G. Sategna
 
Vice President and Corporate Controller
 
(Officer duly authorized to sign this report)

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