Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells power, with shares listed on the BM&FBovespa (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), on the NYSE (ELPVY, ELP) and on LATIBEX (XCOP), hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that Copel Distribuição reached the milestone of 4.5 million customers.

That number represents a new level for the Company as only four Brazilian distributors overcame that number of customers. Despite the challenges posed by national economic conditions, in 2016 we were already connected 81,938 customers to Copel's distribution network, an increase of 1.8% compared to December 2015, a fact supported by robust Company´s investment program, which consolidates the universalization of access to energy in the state of Paraná (Copel has guaranteed coverage of 99.9% of the state since 2014).

Additionally, the investments made in recent years has contributed to the quality of customer service, which elected Copel Distribuição as the best distributor in Brazil in 2016. This was the 3rd time in a row and the 5th time in the last six years that the Company has received this award in the main national industry awards, granted by the Brazilian Association of Power Distribution (Abradee).


Curitiba, August 26, 2016.



Luiz Eduardo da Veiga Sebastiani

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer



For additional information, please contact Copel's Investor Relations team:

ri@copel.com or (55-41) 3222-2027


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