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Operating Lease, Extended Term

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The proportionate share of interest (percent) in a jointly owned utility plant.

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The cash outflow for purchases of and capital improvements on property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Period end book value of accumulated depreciation on property, plant and equipment (PPE) that is owned by the regulated operations of the public utility.

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Period end amount of construction work in progress in public utility.

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Period end amount of total gross PPE.

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Construction Program and Jointly-Owned Electric Generating Plants (Details) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2023 MW	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) generatingUnit	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Construction expenditures		$ 912,557	$ 935,016	$ 679,028
Plant in Service		9,164,564	9,357,849
Accumulated Depreciation		2,659,952	2,952,743
Public Service Company of New Mexico
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Construction expenditures		433,459	602,180	335,055
Plant in Service		6,007,464	6,602,015
Accumulated Depreciation		1,908,644	2,235,068
Texas-New Mexico Power Company
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Construction expenditures		449,534	311,909	$ 321,505
Plant in Service		2,853,130	2,475,859
Accumulated Depreciation		578,157	$ 563,004
Joint Projects \| Public Service Company of New Mexico
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Construction expenditures		433,500
Joint Projects \| Texas-New Mexico Power Company
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Construction expenditures		449,500
Joint Projects \| PNMR
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Construction expenditures		912,600
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station \| Public Service Company of New Mexico
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Plant in Service		891,708
Accumulated Depreciation		420,076
Construction Work in Progress		$ 35,504
Composite Interest		10.20%
Number of units (in generating units) \| generatingUnit		3
Operating lease, option term extensions		20 years
Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station \| Public Service Company of New Mexico \| Subsequent Event
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Composite Interest	7.60%
Leased capacity \| MW	104
Four Corners Units 4 and 5 (Coal) \| Public Service Company of New Mexico
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Plant in Service		$ 320,376
Accumulated Depreciation		101,022
Construction Work in Progress		$ 9,390
Composite Interest		13.00%
Luna (Gas) \| Public Service Company of New Mexico
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Plant in Service		$ 83,146
Accumulated Depreciation		33,063
Construction Work in Progress		$ 111
Composite Interest		33.33%
Four Corners \| Public Service Company of New Mexico
Jointly Owned Utility Plant Interests [Line Items]
Number of units (in generating units) \| generatingUnit		2