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) November 29, 2000
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                                                  October 31, 2000
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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 October  2000 and 1999 and the ten months  ended  October  31,
2000 and 1999 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.  The
Comparative   Operating   Statistics   presented   herein  are  not  necessarily
representative of operating results for the current quarter or an entire year.

              Public Service Company of New Mexico And Subsidiaries
                        Comparative Operating Statistics

                                           Month Ended       Ten Months Ended
                                           October 31,         October 31,
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                                          2000     1999      2000      1999
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Electric Service:

Energy Sales - MWh (in thousands)
     Retail                                  573      547     5,928     5,707
     Wholesale
         Firm Sales                           16       14       160       174
         Firm Surplus                        121      118     1,083       655
         Short Term / Uncommitted            819      749     9,316     8,892
                                        --------- -------- --------- --------
         Total Wholesale Sales               956      881    10,559     9,721
                                        --------- -------- --------- --------
         Total  Energy Sales               1,529    1,428    16,487    15,428
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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                                302      203     2,372     2,424
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          CDD                                 21       12     1,700     1,118
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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:  November 29, 2000                          /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)