EXHIBIT 99.2


         CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C.ss.1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT
                   TOss.906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the period ending June
30, 2002, for PNM Resources, Inc. and Public Service Company of New Mexico
("Companies"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August
14, 2002, ("Report"), I, Max H. Maerki, Chief Financial Officer of the
Companies, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss.1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

         (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of ss. 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 Companies.




Date:  ___________________          By: ___________________________
                                        Max H. Maerki
                                        Chief Financial Officer