EXHIBIT 32.1








    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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2003, for each of PNM Resources, Inc. and Public Service Company of New
Mexico ("Companies"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
March 10, 2004 ("Report"), I, Jeffry E. Sterba, Chief Executive 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  ofss.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:   March 10, 2004                 By:     /s/ Jeffry E. Sterba
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                                               Jeffry E. Sterba
                                               Chairman, President and
                                               Chief Executive Officer