EX-23.02 8 a2051400zex-23_02.htm CONSENT OF HINKLE, HENSLY, SHANOR & MARTIN, LLP Prepared by MERRILL CORPORATION
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Exhibit 23.02

Legal Counsel's Consent

    We do hereby consent to the use of our name in the within Registration Statement and the accompanying Prospectus of Southwestern Public Service Company, a New Mexico corporation, and to the use of our opinion, filed as Exhibit 5.01 to the Registration Statement.

Date: June 15, 2001


 
/s/ Hinkle, Hensley, Shanor & Martin, L.L.P.   
HINKLE, HENSLEY, SHANOR & MARTIN, L.L.P.


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