UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT



                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


         Date of Report (Date of earliest events reported)  October 11, 2001
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                                                            September 30, 2001
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                      PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


           New Mexico                Commission                85-0019030
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(State or Other Jurisdiction     File Number 1-6986         (I.R.S. Employer
      of Incorporation)                                  Identification) Number)



             Alvarado Square, Albuquerque, New Mexico    87158
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             (Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip Code)



                                 (505) 241-2700
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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              (Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
                         if changed since last report)






Item  9.   Regulation FD Disclosure

The Company is filing in this Form 8-K select Comparative Operating Statistics
for the months of September 2001 and 2000 and the nine months ended September
30, 2001 and 2000 to provide investors with key monthly business indicators.
Readers of this 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 reporting on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q,
respectively, for a discussion of actual results of operations and any
significant trends.

              Public Service Company of New Mexico And Subsidiaries
                        Comparative Operating Statistics

                                          Month Ended        Nine Months Ended
                                         September 30,         September 30,
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                                         2001      2000       2001       2000
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Electric Service:

Energy Sales - MWh (in thousands)
     Retail                                620        615      5,516      5,355
     Wholesale
         Firm Sales                         50         36        441        209
         Firm Surplus                       43        108        729        898
         Short Term / Uncommitted        1,062        954      8,657      8,496
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         Total Wholesale Sales           1,155      1,098      9,827      9,603
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         Total Energy Sales              1,775      1,713     15,343     14,958
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Weather:

Heating and Cooling Days - Albuquerque, NM

   The heating degree day value (HDD) is the accumulation in degrees that the
   daily mean temperature was below 65 F. The cooling degree day value (CDD) is
   the accumulation in degrees that the daily mean temperature was above 65 F.

          HDD                       1            16         2,346         2,049
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          CDD                     228           244         1,566         1,679
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                        PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO
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                                                   (Registrant)


Date:  October 11, 2001                        /s/ John R. Loyack
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                                                   John R. Loyack
                                        Vice President, Corporate Controller
                                            and Chief Accounting Officer
                                   (Officer duly authorized to sign this report)


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