UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest events reported)			March 15, 2005
			(March 11, 2005)
Commission		Name of Registrants, State of Incorporation,			I.R.S. Employer
File Number		Address and Telephone Number			Identification No.
333-32170		PNM Resources, Inc.			85-0468296
		(A New Mexico Corporation)
		Alvarado Square
		Albuquerque, New Mexico  87158
		(505) 241-2700
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02     Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(b)

On March 11, 2005, PNM Resources, Inc. ("the Company") was notified by R. Martin Chavez that he has resigned as a member of the Company's board of directors effective immediately.

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SIGNATURE

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.

	PNM RESOURCES, INC.
	(Registrant)
Date:  March 15, 2005	/s/ Thomas G. Sategna
	Thomas G. Sategna
	Vice President and Corporate Controller
	(Officer duly authorized to sign this report)