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Significant Accounting Policies and Responsibility for Financial Statements (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payment defaults under agreements			$ 0		$ 0
Dividends declared per common share (dollars per share)		$ 0.2900	$ 0.308	$ 0.290	$ 0.615	$ 0.580
Dividends declared on common stock				$ 132,000	$ 24,493,000	$ 23,099,000
Subsequent event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Dividends declared per common share (dollars per share)	$ 0.3075
PNM
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Dividends declared on common stock			$ 40,700,000	0	40,654,000	0
Texas-New Mexico Power Company
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Dividends declared on common stock			$ 7,092,000	$ 4,098,000	$ 18,439,000	$ 14,811,000