Texas New Mexico Power 10-Q 2010 Q2 Quarterly report

Texas-New Mexico Power Company

577 N. Garden Ridge Blvd.

Lewisville, Texas 75067

EXHIBIT 32.6

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO § 906 OF THE

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2010, for Texas-New Mexico Power Company (“Company”), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2010 (“Report”), I, Thomas G. Sategna, Vice President, Controller of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of § 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: August 9, 2010	By:	/s/ Thomas G. Sategna
		Thomas G. Sategna
		Vice President, Controller
		Texas-New Mexico Power Company