.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The tens of thousands of Public Services Company of New Mexico customers with past-due balances should contact the utility as soon as possible to apply for financial aid or to get on a payment plan to avoid having electricity shut off, the company announced in a news release Wednesday. The warning comes as a shutoff moratorium — which has been in place since early in the pandemic in order to protect customers who have fallen behind on utility bills — draws close to its end. The utility wrote that, following a vote by the New Mexico Regulation Commission to end the temporary protection measure, PNM customers could be facing shutoffs as soon as Aug. 12.