# ENERGY CO OF PARANA

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## Overview

ENERGY CO OF PARANA, or Copel, is a Brazilian electric utility whose core businesses are electricity generation, transmission, distribution and sales. Its main market is Paraná, where it serves nearly all municipalities, and its generation and transmission operations also extend into ten other Brazilian states. Its generation portfolio is renewable, including hydroelectric and wind power. [1](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151474021)[2](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151476786)[3](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151474022)

Copel’s stated purpose is “Iluminar vidas com pura energia” (“Illuminate lives with pure energy”). Founded by the State of Paraná in 1954, the company reported R$26.1 billion in net operating revenue and 4,276 employees for 2025, the latest reporting year available as of October 2, 2026. [4](https://copelsustentabilidade.com/governanca/governanca-corporativa/referencial-estrategico/)[5](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151474048)[6](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409552)[7](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409597)
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## Products & services

Copel’s products and services include electricity generated from hydroelectric and wind assets and sold through regulated, free-market, and spot-market arrangements. Its generation operations include upgrades to generating equipment, such as a 5.4 MW unit installed at Asa Branca III to improve availability and output [8](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151474815)[9](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151474165). The company also provides electricity transmission through lines and substations, including a principal concession with 2,132 km of lines and 35 substations [10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409424), and distributes electricity through a grid-modernization program that combines network upgrades, automation, and smart meters. By December 2025, that program had delivered 25,062 km of grids and 2,026,837 smart meters [11](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151474227).

Other offerings include electricity commercialization, Copel Mercado Livre’s free-market supply service for businesses, and Copel Solar, a subscription service offering solar energy access to small and medium-sized businesses [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151475815)[13](https://www.copel.com/site/noticias/copel-mercado-livre-fornece-economia-de-ate-35-na-conta-de-luz-com-energia-proveniente-de-fontes-100-renovaveis/)[14](https://www.copel.com/site/22-copel-solar-une-novos-negocios-e-sustentabilidade/). Customer services include outage reporting, billing, new connections, reconnections, and payment arrangements [15](https://www.copel.com/site/). In 2025, third-party operating revenue was reported by segment: distribution R$19.17 billion (73.4%), commercialization R$4.09 billion (15.7%), generation R$1.91 billion (7.3%), transmission R$936 million (3.6%), and services R$12 million (less than 0.1%) [16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409956).
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## Geographic presence

Energy Co of Parana’s electricity distribution operations are concentrated in Paraná, Brazil. The company reported that its distribution network reached 393 of the state’s 399 municipalities, serving about 5.2 million consumer units and 11 million people in figures associated with its 2025 investment plan [17](https://www.copel.com/site/noticias/copel-vai-investir-r-3-029-bilhoes-em-2025/). Its current investor-relations profile describes more than 5.1 million consumer units in Paraná [18](https://ri.copel.com/en/).

Its transmission network extends beyond Paraná: company materials describe assets spanning eight Brazilian states, and named routes and assets include locations in São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Goiás, Bahia and Minas Gerais as well as Paraná [18](https://ri.copel.com/en/)[19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151474194)[20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151475865). The company reported 9,687 kilometres of transmission lines and 53 substations in operation at year-end 2025 [10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409424). Generation-related subsidiaries also have listed headquarters in Rio Grande do Norte and Ceará, in addition to Curitiba, Paraná [12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151475815)[21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409722).
[17](https://www.copel.com/site/noticias/copel-vai-investir-r-3-029-bilhoes-em-2025/)[18](https://ri.copel.com/en/)[19](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151474194)[20](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151475865)[10](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409424)[12](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151475815)[21](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409722)[17](https://www.copel.com/site/noticias/copel-vai-investir-r-3-029-bilhoes-em-2025/)[18](https://ri.copel.com/en/)

## Business segments

Copel’s 2025 segment reporting identifies generation, transmission, distribution, power sale, services and holding activities. Generation and transmission are presented separately for segment results, although their assets and liabilities are reported together as GET. [22](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151476534)[23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151476535)

By 2025 third-party revenue, distribution was the largest segment, contributing approximately 73.4% of consolidated net operating revenue; it operates and maintains electricity-distribution infrastructure and provides related services. Power sale contributed approximately 15.7%, reflecting electricity trading and related services. [24](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151476539)[25](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151476540)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409956)

Generation contributed approximately 7.3% and focuses on producing electricity from hydro and wind projects; transmission contributed approximately 3.6% and covers transmission and transformation services, including the construction, operation and maintenance of substations and transmission lines. Services contributed less than 0.1%, from services and open-innovation investments. Holding activities, involving participation in other companies, had no third-party revenue in the segment table. Shares are approximate, calculated from reported 2025 third-party revenue. [23](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151476535)[26](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151476541)[27](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151476542)[16](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=T17409956)
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## Company history

Energy Company of Paraná (Copel) was founded on 26 October 1954, at the initiative of Paraná state governor Bento Munhoz da Rocha Netto, to develop the state’s electricity sector. [28](https://copelsustentabilidade.com/en/governance/our-history/)[29](https://memoriadaeletricidade.com.br/blog/119128/copel-celebra-68-anos-saiba-mais-sobre-a-maior-empresa-do-estado-do-parana-e-a-terceira-da-regiao-sul) A major generation milestone followed with the Foz do Areia hydroelectric project: its concession dates to 1973, construction began in 1975, and the plant began operating in 1980. [30](https://app.finbar.com/go?id=P151486126)[31](https://memoriadaeletricidade.com.br/acervo/9450/usina-hidreletrica-foz-da-areia)

Copel entered public markets in April 1994, became the first Brazilian electricity company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in July 1997, and joined Madrid’s Latibex market in June 2002. [32](https://ri.copel.com/en/copel/corporate-profile/) In 2006, it agreed to acquire El Paso’s stake in the UEG Araucária power plant, raising its ownership from 20% to 80%. [33](https://www.rad.cvm.gov.br/ENET/frmDownloadDocumento.aspx?CodigoInstituicao=1&Tela=ext&descTipo=IPE&numProtocolo=90636)[34](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041792/000129281406000502/0001292814-06-000502.txt)

A 2023 share offering included the sale of shares by the State of Paraná and resulted in dispersed share ownership, with no defined controlling shareholder. [35](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041792/000129281423003530/elp20230811_6k.htm)[36](https://ri.copel.com/en/investor-services/frequently-asked-questions/)
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