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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 4, 2005</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><font size="2">Registration No. ______________</font></p>

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<p class=SW-TitleBC style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:
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WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp; 20549</font></b></p>

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<p class=SW-TitleBC style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT <br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p class=SW-TitleBC style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;page-break-after:
auto' align="center"><b><font size="2">PNM RESOURCES, INC.<br>
</font></b><font size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)<br>
&nbsp;</font></p>
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	<font size="2">New
  Mexico</font></b></p>
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	<font size="2">85-0468296</font></b></p>
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	<font size="2">(State or other jurisdiction</font></p>
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	<font size="2">(I.R.S. Employer</font></p>
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	<font size="2">of incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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	<font size="2">Identification No.)</font></p>
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<font size="2"><br>
Alvarado
Square</font></b></p>

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<font size="2">Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87158<br>
</font></b><font size="2">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip
code)<br>
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<font size="2">PNM RESOURCES INC.<br>
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN<br>
</font></b><font size="2">(Full
title of the plan)</font></p>

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<font size="2">Terry R. Horn<br>
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Acting Chief Financial Officer<br>
PNM Resources, Inc.<br>
Alvarado Square<br>
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158<br>
Tel:&nbsp; (505) 241-2700<br>
Fax:&nbsp; (505) 241-2368<br>
E-Mail:
terry.horn@pnmresources.com<br>
</font></b><font size="2">(Name,
address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></p>



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<font size="2">It is respectfully
requested that the Commission send copies of all orders, notices and communications
to:<br>
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	<font size="2">CHARLES L. MOORE, ESQ.<br>
	<b>Associate General Counsel<br>
	SEC Reporting and Corporate Transactions<br>
	</b></font><font size="2">PNM RESOURCES, INC.<br>
	Alvarado Square<br>
	Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158<br>
	Tel:&nbsp; (505) 241-4935<br>
	Fax:&nbsp; (505) 241-0754<br>
	E-mail: charles.moore@pnmresources.com</font></p>

<p class=Centered12Before align=left style='text-align:left'><font size="2">This Registration
Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 464 under
the Securities Act of 1933.</font><b><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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 </font><b><font size="2">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Title of securities to be registered</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Amount to be registered (1)</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Proposed maximum<br>
	offering price per unit (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Amount of registration fee</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align="center"><font size="2">Common Stock, no par value</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center><font size="2">400,000 shares</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center><font size="2">$24.64</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center><font size="2">$9,856,000</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center><font size="2">$1,160</font></p>
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-.25in;border:none;padding:0in'><font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp; Represents
an additional 400,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the PNM
Resources, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan.&nbsp; In the event of a stock split, stock
dividend, or similar transaction involving the registrant's common stock, in
order to prevent dilution, the number of shares registered shall be
automatically increased to cover the additional shares in accordance with Rule
416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.&nbsp; In addition, pursuant to
Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the plan.&nbsp; </font> </p>

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-.25in;border:none;padding:0in'><font size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp; Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high
and low sale prices of the registrant's common stock as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on November 3, 2005.&nbsp; </font> </p>

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<font size="2">The contents of PNM
Resources, Inc.'s Form S-8 Registration Statements, File Nos. 333-61598-99 and
333-113684, are incorporated by reference herein pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form S-8.</font></p>



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<font size="2">This Registration Statement
registers an additional 400,000 shares of common stock of PNM Resources, Inc.
issuable under the PNM Resources, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (the
&quot;Plan&quot;), successor plan to the Public Service Company of New Mexico (&quot;PNM&quot;)
Master Employee Savings Plan and Trust.&nbsp; 100,000 shares of common stock
issuable under the Plan were originally registered under PNM's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-61598, filed on May 24, 2001, which was
adopted by PNM Resources, Inc. in Post Effective Amendment No. 1, File No.
333-61598-99, filed December 31, 2001.&nbsp; An additional 100,000 shares of common
stock issuable under the Plan were registered by PNM Resources, Inc. on its
Form S-8 Registration Statement, File No. 333-113684, filed on March 17, 2004.&nbsp;
Pursuant to a 3-for-2 stock split effective June 11, 2004, 300,000 shares of
PNM Resources Inc.'s common stock are registered for issuance under the Plan,
under the foregoing Registration Statements.&nbsp; The previously paid filing fees
associated with the referenced securities under the foregoing PNM Resources,
Inc.'s Registration Statements are $1,294.00.</font></p>





<p class=MsoToc1 align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">PART II</font></p>



<p class=MsoToc1 align=center style='text-align:center'><font size="2">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></p>





<p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">Item 8. Exhibits</font></p>



<p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">The following exhibits are filed with this Registration
Statement.</font></p>





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   <font size="2">Articles of Incorporation of PNM Resources, Inc., as
   amended through June 27, 2005</font></td>
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   <font size="2">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to PNM Resources
   Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005</font></td>
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   <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">Filed herewith</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP </font> </p>
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   <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">Filed herewith</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">Consent of Grant Thornton LLP</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">Filed herewith</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">Power of Attorney</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">See Signature Page</font></p>
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	<font size="2">An opinion of counsel as to the
 valid issuance of the securities being registered under this registration
 statement is not required because the securities will not be original issuance
 securities.&nbsp; If that situation should change, an appropriate opinion of
 counsel will be filed.</font></p>

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	<font size="2">In lieu of the opinion of
 counsel or determination letter contemplated by Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation
 S-K, the registrant hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
 Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service
 (&quot;IRS&quot;) in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes
 required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.</font></p>

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 <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">SIGNATURES</font></p>
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	<font size="2">THE
 REGISTRANT.&nbsp; Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
 that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
 caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
 undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Albuquerque, State of
 New Mexico, on November 4, 2005.</font></p>

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   <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt'><font size="2">PNM
   RESOURCES, INC.</font></p>
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   <br>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">By</font><u><font size="2">:&nbsp; /s/ Jeffry E.
   Sterba</font></u></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Jeffry E. Sterba</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Chairman, President and
   Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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 <p class=MsoToc1><font size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></p>

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	<font size="2">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
 whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffry E.
 Sterba, Terry R. Horn and Thomas G. Sategna and each of them, his or her true
 and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
 resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this registration
 statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
 Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
 agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
 every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
 premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
 in person, hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
 agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of
 them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

 <p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pursuant
 to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
 registration statement has been signed by the following persons in their
 capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></p>

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   &nbsp;</td>
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   </td>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">/s/ Jeffry E. Sterba</font></p>
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   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Chairman, President and
   Chief</font></p>
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   </td>
   <td width=168 valign=top style='width:1.75in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">November 4, 2005</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Jeffry E. Sterba</font></p>
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   </td>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Executive Officer;
   Director</font></p>
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   </td>
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   </td>
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   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">&nbsp;(Principal Executive
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   <br>
&nbsp;</td>
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   </td>
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   </td>
   <td width=16 valign=top style='width:11.8pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

   </td>
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   </td>
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   solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">/s/ Terry R. Horn</font></p>
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   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Vice President, Corporate
   Secretary</font></p>
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   </td>
   <td width=168 valign=top style='width:1.75in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">November 4, 2005</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Terry R. Horn</font></p>
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   <td width=16 valign=top style='width:11.8pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">and Acting Chief Financial
   Officer</font></p>
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   </td>
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   </td>
   <td width=16 valign=top style='width:11.8pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">(Principal Financial
   Officer)</font></p>
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   </td>
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   </td>
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   <br>
&nbsp;</td>
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   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">

   </td>
   <td width=16 valign=top style='width:11.8pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

   </td>
   <td width=168 valign=top style='width:1.75in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">

   </td>
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   solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">/s/ Thomas G. Sategna</font></p>
   </td>
   <td width=16 valign=top style='width:11.8pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Vice President and
   Corporate</font></p>
   </td>
   <td width=16 valign=top style='width:11.8pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>

   </td>
   <td width=168 valign=top style='width:1.75in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">November 4, 2005</font></p>
   </td>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Thomas G. Sategna</font></p>
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   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Controller </font> </p>
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   </td>
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   </td>
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   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">(Principal Accounting
   Officer)</font></p>
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   </td>
   <td width=168 valign=top style='width:1.75in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">

   </td>
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   <br>
&nbsp;</td>
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   </td>
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   </td>
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   </td>
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   </td>
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   solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">/s/ Adelmo E. Archuleta</font></p>
   </td>
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   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
   </td>
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   </td>
   <td width=168 valign=top style='width:1.75in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">November 4, 2005</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Adelmo E. Archuleta</font></p>
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   </td>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">/s/ Robert G. Armstrong</font></p>
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   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
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   </td>
   <td width=168 valign=top style='width:1.75in;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">November 4, 2005</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Robert G. Armstrong</font></p>
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   </td>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">/s/ Julie A. Dobson</font></p>
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   </td>
   <td width=224 valign=top style='width:168.2pt;border:none;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt' align="center">
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">November 4, 2005</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Julie A. Dobson</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">/s/ Woody L. Hunt</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Director</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">November 4, 2005</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Woody L. Hunt</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">/s/ Charles E. McMahen</font></p>
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 <div class=Section3>
 <p class=Body2 align="justify"><font size="2">THE PLAN.&nbsp; Pursuant to the
 requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Plan Administrator
 of the Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on the
 Plan's behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
 Albuquerque, State of New Mexico, on November 4, 2005.</font></p>

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   PNM RESOURCES, INC.</font></p>
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   <p class=MsoBodyTextIndent2 style='margin-left:0in'><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Retirement
   Savings Plan<br>
   <br>
   </font>
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">By:&nbsp; </font> <u><font size="2">/s/ Alice A. Cobb</font></u></p>
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   Chief <br>
   Administrative Officer of </font> </p>
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   height:3.85pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal><u><font size="2">Description</font></u></p>
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   <td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Articles of Incorporation
   of PNM Resources, Inc., as amended through June 27, 2005 (incorporated by
   reference to Exhibit 3.1 of PNM Resources, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form
   10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 in File No. 333-32170).</font></p>

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   <td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Letter regarding unaudited
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Consent of Deloitte &amp;
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   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Consent of Grant Thornton
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   <td width=535 valign=top style='width:401.4pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'>
   <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">Power of Attorney (See
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{"company-data": {"conformed-name": "PNM RESOURCES INC", "cik": "0001108426", "assigned-sic": "4911", "irs-number": "850019030", "state-of-incorporation": "NM", "fiscal-year-end": "1231"}, "filing-values": {"form-type": "S-8", "act": "33", "file-number": "333-129454", "film-number": "051179400"}, "business-address": {"street1": "ALVARADO SQUARE", "street2": "NEW MEXICO", "city": "ALBUQUERQUE", "state": "NM", "zip": "87158", "phone": "5052412700"}, "mail-address": {"street1": "ALVARADO SQUARE", "city": "ALBUQUERQUE", "state": "NM", "zip": "87158"}, "former-company": {"former-conformed-name": "MANZANO CORP", "date-changed": "20000303"}}
Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
November 4, 2005
Registration No. ______________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PNM RESOURCES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New
  Mexico
85-0468296
(State or other jurisdiction
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
Alvarado
Square
Albuquerque,
New Mexico 87158
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip
code)
PNM RESOURCES INC.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
(Full
title of the plan)
Terry R. Horn
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Acting Chief Financial Officer
PNM Resources, Inc.
Alvarado Square
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158
Tel:  (505) 241-2700
Fax:  (505) 241-2368
E-Mail:
terry.horn@pnmresources.com
(Name,
address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
It is respectfully
requested that the Commission send copies of all orders, notices and communications
to:
CHARLES L. MOORE, ESQ.
Associate General Counsel
SEC Reporting and Corporate Transactions
PNM RESOURCES, INC.
Alvarado Square
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158
Tel:  (505) 241-4935
Fax:  (505) 241-0754
E-mail: charles.moore@pnmresources.com
This Registration
Statement shall become effective upon filing in accordance with Rule 464 under
the Securities Act of 1933.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities to be registered
Amount to be registered (1)
Proposed maximum
offering price per unit (2)
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price (2)
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock, no par value
400,000 shares
$24.64
$9,856,000
$1,160
(1)   Represents
an additional 400,000 shares of common stock issuable pursuant to the PNM
Resources, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan.  In the event of a stock split, stock
dividend, or similar transaction involving the registrant's common stock, in
order to prevent dilution, the number of shares registered shall be
automatically increased to cover the additional shares in accordance with Rule
416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  In addition, pursuant to
Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also
covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to
the plan.
(2)   Estimated
solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933 based on the average of the high
and low sale prices of the registrant's common stock as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on November 3, 2005.
The contents of PNM
Resources, Inc.'s Form S-8 Registration Statements, File Nos. 333-61598-99 and
333-113684, are incorporated by reference herein pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form S-8.
This Registration Statement
registers an additional 400,000 shares of common stock of PNM Resources, Inc.
issuable under the PNM Resources, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan (the
"Plan"), successor plan to the Public Service Company of New Mexico ("PNM")
Master Employee Savings Plan and Trust.  100,000 shares of common stock
issuable under the Plan were originally registered under PNM's Registration
Statement on Form S-8, File No. 333-61598, filed on May 24, 2001, which was
adopted by PNM Resources, Inc. in Post Effective Amendment No. 1, File No.
333-61598-99, filed December 31, 2001.  An additional 100,000 shares of common
stock issuable under the Plan were registered by PNM Resources, Inc. on its
Form S-8 Registration Statement, File No. 333-113684, filed on March 17, 2004. 
Pursuant to a 3-for-2 stock split effective June 11, 2004, 300,000 shares of
PNM Resources Inc.'s common stock are registered for issuance under the Plan,
under the foregoing Registration Statements.  The previously paid filing fees
associated with the referenced securities under the foregoing PNM Resources,
Inc.'s Registration Statements are $1,294.00.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed with this Registration
Statement.
Exhibit Number
Description
Page or Method of Filing
4.1
Articles of Incorporation of PNM Resources, Inc., as
   amended through June 27, 2005
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to PNM Resources
   Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005
15
Letter regarding Unaudited Interim Financial Information
Filed herewith
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
Filed herewith
23.2
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
Filed herewith
24
Power of Attorney
See Signature Page
An opinion of counsel as to the
 valid issuance of the securities being registered under this registration
 statement is not required because the securities will not be original issuance
 securities.  If that situation should change, an appropriate opinion of
 counsel will be filed.
In lieu of the opinion of
 counsel or determination letter contemplated by Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation
 S-K, the registrant hereby undertakes that it will submit or has submitted the
 Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service
 ("IRS") in a timely manner and has made or will make all changes
 required by the IRS in order to qualify the Plan under Section 401 of the
 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
SIGNATURES
THE
 REGISTRANT.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
 amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
 that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly
 caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
 undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Albuquerque, State of
 New Mexico, on November 4, 2005.
PNM
   RESOURCES, INC.
By
:  /s/ Jeffry E.
   Sterba
Jeffry E. Sterba
Chairman, President and
   Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person
 whose signature appears below, hereby constitutes and appoints Jeffry E.
 Sterba, Terry R. Horn and Thomas G. Sategna and each of them, his or her true
 and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
 resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
 and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments to this registration
 statement, including post-effective amendments, and to file the same, with all
 exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the
 Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
 agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
 every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
 premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do
 in person, hereby ratifying and conforming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
 agents, and each of them, or the substitute or substitutes of any or all of
 them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
 to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
 registration statement has been signed by the following persons in their
 capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Jeffry E. Sterba
Chairman, President and
   Chief
November 4, 2005
Jeffry E. Sterba
Executive Officer;
   Director
(Principal Executive
   Officer)
/s/ Terry R. Horn
Vice President, Corporate
   Secretary
November 4, 2005
Terry R. Horn
and Acting Chief Financial
   Officer
(Principal Financial
   Officer)
/s/ Thomas G. Sategna
Vice President and
   Corporate
November 4, 2005
Thomas G. Sategna
Controller
(Principal Accounting
   Officer)
/s/ Adelmo E. Archuleta
Director
November 4, 2005
Adelmo E. Archuleta
/s/ Robert G. Armstrong
Director
November 4, 2005
Robert G. Armstrong
/s/ Julie A. Dobson
Director
November 4, 2005
Julie A. Dobson
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Woody L. Hunt
Director
November 4, 2005
Woody L. Hunt
/s/ Charles E. McMahen
Director
November 4, 2005
Charles E. McMahen
/s/ Manuel T. Pacheco
Director
November 4, 2005
Manuel T. Pacheco
/s/ Robert M. Price
Director
November 4, 2005
Robert M. Price
/s/ Bonnie S. Reitz
Director
November 4, 2005
Bonnie S. Reitz
/s/ Joan B. Woodard
Director
November 4, 2005
Joan B. Woodard
THE PLAN.  Pursuant to the
 requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Plan Administrator
 of the Plan has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on the
 Plan's behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
 Albuquerque, State of New Mexico, on November 4, 2005.
By: 
   PNM RESOURCES, INC.
Retirement
   Savings Plan
By:
/s/ Alice A. Cobb
Alice A. Cobb
Senior Vice President and
   Chief
Administrative Officer of
PNM Resources, Inc.
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Articles of Incorporation
   of PNM Resources, Inc., as amended through June 27, 2005 (incorporated by
   reference to Exhibit 3.1 of PNM Resources, Inc.'s Quarterly Report on Form
   10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005 in File No. 333-32170).
15
Letter regarding unaudited
   Interim Financial Information
23.1
Consent of Deloitte &
   Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of Grant Thornton
   LLP
24
Power of Attorney (See
   signatures page in Part II)