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)   June 14, 2001
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                                                    May 31, 2001
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                      PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


         New Mexico                                          85-0019030
 ---------------------------     Commission              ----------------------
(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 May 2001 and 2000 and the five months ended May 31, 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       Five Months Ended
                                             May 31,              May 31,
                                      --------------------- --------------------
                                          2001       2000       2001       2000
                                      ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------
Electric Service:

Energy Sales - MWh (in thousands)
     Retail                                 603        599      2,863      2,770
     Wholesale
         Firm Sales                          43         16        230         79
         Firm Surplus                        47        108        514        457
         Short Term / Uncommitted         1,015        832      4,519      4,713
                                      ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------

         Total Wholesale Sales            1,105        956      5,263      5,249
                                      ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------

         Total Energy Sales               1,708      1,555      8,126      8,019
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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                 35        32     2,342      2,033
                         ======== ========= ========= ==========

          CDD                170       208       170        221
                         ======== ========= ========= ==========


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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
                                                    (Registrant)


Date:  June 14, 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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