f8k_022811pnmr.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)  
  February 28, 2011
  
 
 (November 29, 2010)
  

 
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)
    
   
577 N. Garden Ridge Blvd.
    
   
Lewisville, Texas  75067
    
   
(972) 420-4189
    
______________________________
 
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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Item 8.01 Other Events
 
Arizona Public Service Company (“APS”), Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (“Salt River Project”), Southern California Edison Company (“Edison”), Public Service Company of New Mexico (“PNM”), El Paso Electric Company (“El Paso”), Southern California Public Power Authority (“SCPPA”) and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power  (”LADWP”) are parties to a certain agreement entitled Arizona Nuclear Power Project Participation Agreement, dated as of August 23, 1973, as amended by fourteen prior amendments, hereinafter, as so amended, referred to as the “Participation Agreement.”
 
The Participation Agreement was further amended by Amendment Number 15 signed by the last of the parties on November 29, 2010.  The purpose of Amendment Number 15 was to amend procedures for allocating costs among the parties, retroactively to January 1, 2010.  A copy of Amendment 15 is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Also attached hereto as Exhibits 10.2 through 10.4 are certain director and executive compensation related documents that are being filed as a matter of convenience with this Current Report on Form 8-K.
 
 
Item 9.01        Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:
 

Exhibit
    
Number
Registrant
           Description
 
    
10.1
PNM
Amendment No. 15, dated November 29, 2010, to Arizona Nuclear Power Project Participation Agreement, dated August 23, 1973, among Arizona Public Service Company, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, Southern California Edison Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, El Paso Electric Company, Southern California Public Power Authority, and Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles
     
10.2
PNMR
Changes in Director Compensation
     
10.3
PNMR
Form of award notice for  restricted stock awards and stock options granted to directors under the PEP
     
10.4
PNMR
PNM Resources, Inc. Executive Spending Account Plan (amended and restated effective January 1, 2011)
     
     

 
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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:  February 28, 2011
/s/ Thomas G. Sategna
 
Thomas G. Sategna
 
Vice President and Corporate Controller
 
(Officer duly authorized to sign this report)


 
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