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COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 76.483.817/0001-20
PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY
CVM Registry Nr. 1431 - 1

SUMMARY OF THE MINUTES OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-NINETH
ORDINARY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS


1. VENUE: Rua Coronel Dulcídio nº 800, Curitiba - PR . 2 . DATE: April 17, 2019 – 1 p . m . 3 .PRESIDING BOARD: MAURICIO SCHULMAN - Chairman; DANIEL PIMENTEL SLAVIERO -Executive Secretary; and DENISE TEIXEI RA GOMES - Secretary of the Meeting . 4 .MATTERS DISCUSSED AND RESOLUTIONS TAKEN:



I.	The Board of Directors unanimously resolved to approve the capital contributions in favor of the investee Carbocampel S.A.
II.	The Board of Directors unanimously resolved to approve the continuation of studies on the potential sale of the control of Copel Telecomunicações S.A., according to the activities set forth in a flow chart defined by the Company.

III.	The Board of Directors, after hearing the Statutory Audit Committee, unanimously resolved to ratify the contracting of the services of the independent audit firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes - Deloitte by UEG Araucária Ltda. - UEGA, in accordance with the new Policy on Contracting Independent Audit Services.

IV.	The Board of Directors, after hearing the Statutory Audit Committee, unanimously approved granting a corporate guarantee, under the 5^thIssue of Commercial Promissory Notes of Copel Geração e Transmissão S.A., as well as the authorizations necessary to carry out the resolved items.

V.	The Board of Directors received information and discussed the issue related to the risk factors for Form 20-F, presented its recommendations and resolved that the matter will be further evaluated and resolved at an extraordinary meeting that will assess the final version of the said Form.

VI.	The Board of Directors reviewed the preliminary version of Form 20-F and noted that the document will be evaluated again, and they will resolve on it at an extraordinary meeting.
VII.	The Board of Directors received information on the progress of the work of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes – Deloitte for Form 20-F and noted that the matter will be evaluated again and that they will resolve on it at an extraordinary meeting.

VIII.	The Board of Directors received information and discussed the matter related to credit risk from marketers and presented its considerations.
IX.	The Board of Directors received a report and discussed the subject related to the progress of the Remediation, Repair and Collaboration Plan within UEG Araucária Ltda. - UEGA and presented its recommendations.

X.	The Board of Directors received information on the Company’s financial scenario, discussed the matter and unanimously resolved to disintegrate the ad hoc Financial Committee created based on a decision of the Board of Directors, registered at its 180^thOrdinary Meeting, of July 11, 2018.

XI.	The Board of Directors reviewed the implementation of the Company’s budget until February 2019.
XII.	The Board of Directors unanimously resolved to extend until April 30, 2019 the concession, by Copel Distribuição S.A., of the discount of 60% in the rural tariff, from 9:30 p.m. to 6 a.m., pursuant to what was approved at the 185^thOrdinary Meeting of this Board on December 12, 2018, with retroactive compensation as of January 1, 2019.

XIII.	The Board of Directors received a report from the Statutory Audit Committee on several matters.

5. SIGNATURES: MAURICIO SCHULMAN - Chairman; DANIEL PIMENTEL SLAVIERO - Executive Secretary; ADRIANA ANGELA ANTONIOLLI; LEILA ABRAHAM LORIA; MARCO ANTÔNIO BARBOSA CÂNDIDO; OLGA STANKEVICIUS COLPO; SERGIO ABU JAMRA MISAEL; and DENISE TEIXEIRA GOMES - Secretary.

The full text of the minutes of the 189 ^thOrdinary Meeting of Copel’s Board of Directors was drawn up in the Company’s own book Nr . 10 .

DENISE TEIXEIRA GOMES
Secretary

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COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL

By:	/S/ Daniel Pimentel Slaviero
	Daniel Pimentel Slaviero Chief Executive Officer