Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells power, with shares listed on the BM&FBovespa (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), the NYSE (ELPVY, ELP) and the LATIBEX (XCOP), hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that Copel Distribuição has been elected the best power distributor in Latin America in the opinion of its customers in an award promoted by the Regional Energy Integration Commission (Cier) on August 29, 2016.

This is the fourth time in the last six years that the Company has come top (2011, 2012, 2014 and 2016). It also did exceptionally well in 2013 and 2015, when it was placed third and second, respectively.

Copel was also recognized by its customers as a benchmark for honesty, working conditions and transporting energy to the regions it serves.

With this award, the Company, which had already been elected the best distributor in Brazil by its customers in an event promoted by the Brazilian Association of Electricity Distributors (Abradee), confirms that its commitment to improving service and energy supply quality has achieved excellent results for customers in Paraná.


Curitiba, August 30, 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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