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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of December, 2018

Commission File Number 1-14668

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Energy Company of Paraná

(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800
80420-170 Curitiba, Paraná
Federative Republic of Brazil
+55 (41) 3331-4011

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes _______ No ___X____

Material Fact - 13/18

Update on the schedule of the construction work

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells power, with shares listed on the B3 (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), the NYSE (ELPVY, ELP) and the LATIBEX (XCOP), pursuant to the provisions of CVM Instruction No. 358/02, hereby announces to its shareholders and to the market in general that the Generating Unit 1 of the Colíder Hydroelectric Power Plant is released for operation under test, according to Aneel Order No. 2,859 of December 6, 2018, but we are waiting for the issued the Operation License (LO) by the Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente do Mato Grosso – SEMA.

The issuance of LO, which is a precondition for the final tests in the generating unit connected to the Electric Power System, was scheduled for this week. However, the delay in issuance shifted the schedule of the final tests and, consequently, the start of the commercial operation.

At the moment, it is expected that in the next few days the procedures of the Secretaria de Estado de Meio Ambiente do Mato Grosso – SEMA will be finalized for the issuance of the respective LO, which would allow the commercial operation to begin in January 2019.

In addition, the problem in the system of handling the downstream flood gates of the generating units, mentioned in Material Fact 11/18, was solved with corrective measures promptly adopted by the Company.

The project, when completed, will add 300MW of installed capacity to COPEL's portfolio.

Curitiba, December 21, 2018.

Adriano Rudek de Moura

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

For further information, please contact our Investor Relations team:

ri@copel.com or +55 (41) 3331-4011

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date December 24, 2018

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL

By:	/S/ Jonel Nazareno Iurk
	Jonel Nazareno Iurk Chief Executive Officer

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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