f8k_033111pnmr.htm

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)  
March 31, 2011       
 
 
(March 31, 2011)    
 

 
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
    
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
______________________________
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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Item 8.01  Other Events.
 
In connection with the previously disclosed pending electric rate case in New Mexico, PNM Resources, Inc.’s utility subsidiary, Public Service Company of New Mexico (“PNM”), filed a request for interim rate relief on March 17, 2011.  On March 31, 2011, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (the “NMPRC”) verbally denied PNM’s request without a hearing.  The NMPRC acted on the recommendation of the NMPRC’s general counsel, based on the general counsel’s conclusion that PNM had not shown immediate irreparable harm in its filing for interim relief.  New Mexico’s legal standard in this regard is not an unusual standard.  PNM has not yet received a written order regarding the decision on interim relief.
 
 
The regulatory hearing on the pending rate case stipulation will begin on May 9, 2011.  PNM cannot predict the ultimate outcome of the pending rate case.
 


 


 
 
 

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
   
 
(Registrants)
   
   
Date:  March 31, 2011
/s/ Charles N. Eldred
 
Charles N. Eldred
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
(Officer duly authorized to sign this report)