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 19, 2000
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October 18, 2000
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PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Mexico 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)
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Item 5. Other Event
The Company is filing as exhibits to this Form 8-K its (1) Quarter and Nine
Months Ended September 30, 2000 Earnings Announcement (2) other select financial
information and (3) the prepared comments for the Company's telephone conference
call to discuss the Company's third quarter earnings that was broadcast
beginning 9:00 AM (ET) on Thursday, October 19, 2000, as disclosed in the
Company's Form 8-K dated October 16, 2000.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Act") provides a
"safe harbor" for forward-looking statements to encourage companies to provide
prospective information about their companies without fear of litigation so long
as those statements are identified as forward-looking and are accompanied by
meaningful, cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statement. Words
such as "estimates," "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "believes," "projects,"
"feels", "may", "will", "should", "would", and similar expressions identify
forward-looking statements. Accordingly, the Company hereby identifies the
following important factors which could cause the Company's actual financial
results to differ materially from any such results which might be projected,
forecasted, estimated or budgeted by the Company in forward-looking statements:
(i) adverse actions of utility regulatory commissions; (ii) utility industry
restructuring; (iii) failure to recover stranded costs and transition costs;
(iv) the inability of the Company to successfully compete outside its
traditional regulated market; (v) the success of the Company's growth strategies
particularly as it relates to PowerCo; (vi) regional economic conditions, which
could affect customer growth; (vii) adverse impacts resulting from environmental
regulations; (viii) loss of favorable fuel supply contracts or inability to
negotiate new fuel supply contracts; (ix) failure to obtain water rights and
rights-of-way; (x) operational and environmental problems at generating
stations; (xi) the cost of debt and equity capital; (xii) weather conditions;
and (xiii) technical developments in the utility industry.
Item 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Quarter and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2000 Earnings Announcement
and Consolidated Statements of Earnings - Three, Nine and Twelve Months
Ended September 30, 2000 and 1999
99.2 Other Select Financial Information
99.3 Prepared comments for the Company's telephone conference call to
discuss the Company's third quarter earnings that was broadcast on
October 19, 2000.
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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: October 19, 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)
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