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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-20-000381
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200213
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200213

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENERGY CO OF PARANA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041792
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14668
		FILM NUMBER:		20606804

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		STREET 1:		RUA CORONEL DULCIDIO 800
		STREET 2:		80420 170 CURITIBA PARANA
		CITY:			FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			00000

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		STREET 1:		CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
		STREET 2:		1633 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>FORM 6-K</B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Report of Foreign Private Issuer<BR>Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the</FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>For the month of February, 2020</B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>Commission File Number 1-14668 </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=5 face="Times New Roman"><B>Energy Company of Paran&#225; </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>Rua Coronel Dulc&#237;dio, 800<BR>80420-170 Curitiba, Paran&#225;<BR>Federative Republic of Brazil<BR>+55 (41) 3331-4011 </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.&nbsp;</FONT> Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

<P>&nbsp;<FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">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. </FONT>&nbsp;</P>Yes _______ No ___X____ </DIV>

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<H2 style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: avoid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in" align=center><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL</FONT></B></H2>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>Registration as Corporate Taxpayer (CNPJ): 76.483.817/0001-20</FONT></B></P>

<H3 style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: avoid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=Arial,sans-serif>PUBLICLY HELD COMPANY</FONT></B></H3>

<P style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: avoid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=Arial,sans-serif>CVM Registration no. 1431-1</FONT></B></P>

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif></FONT></B>&nbsp;</P>

<H3 style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: avoid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=Arial,sans-serif>SUMMARY OF THE MINUTES OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINTH</FONT></B></H3>

<H3 style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: avoid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=Arial,sans-serif>ORDINARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS&#8217; MEETING </FONT></B></H3>

<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif></FONT>&nbsp;</P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" face=Arial,sans-serif>1. VENUE: </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" face=Arial,sans-serif>Rua Coronel Dulc&#237;dio n&#186; 800, Curitiba - PR. </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" face=Arial,sans-serif>2. DATE</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" face=Arial,sans-serif>: February 12, 2020. 8:30 a.m. </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" face=Arial,sans-serif>3. PRESIDING BOARD:</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" face=Arial,sans-serif> MARCEL MARTINS MALCZEWSKI - Chairman; and VICT&#211;RIA BARALDI MENDES BATISTA - Meeting Secretary. </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" face=Arial,sans-serif>4. MATTERS DISCUSSED AND RESOLUTIONS:</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>I.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors received updated information about the Company's financial standing and budget implementation.</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif> </FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>II.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors unanimously approved, after hearing the Statutory Audit Committee, the granting of guarantee by Copel for the concession agreement n&#186; 06/2016-ANEEL, of April 7, 2016, to be entered into by and between Copel Gera&#231;&#227;o e Transmiss&#227;o S.A. and the Brazilian Development Bank - BNDES.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>III.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors unanimously granted Copel Gera&#231;&#227;o e Transmiss&#227;o S.A. with the authorization to request the placement of F.D.A. Gera&#231;&#227;o de Energia El&#233;trica S.A. under Federal Decree n&#186;. 9,271/2018 to the Ministry of Mines and Energy.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>IV.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors unanimously approved, after hearing the Statutory Audit Committee, the concession of a performance bond to Petrobras, by Copel, related to the Contract of Purchase and Sale of Natural Gas for Thermal Power Generation with UEG Arauc&#225;ria, in the interruptible load model.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>V.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors unanimously approved the model for the Merit-Based Payment Program.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>VI.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors received updated information about the potential sale of Copel Telecomunica&#231;&#245;es S.A., preliminary reports of &#8220;Vendor Due Diligence&#8221; and &#8220;Valuation&#8221;, as well as the drafts of the Public Auction Notice and of the Share Purchase and Sale Agreement.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>VII.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors received updated information about business opportunities under evaluation by the Business Development Office.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>VIII.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors attended a presentation on the functioning of the Nomination and Evaluation Committee.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>IX.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors received a report on the works of the Company's Special Commissions.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>X.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors received information about the Sponsorship Policy, focusing on the 2019 results and the prospects for 2020.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>XI.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors received a report from the Statutory Audit Committee on various subjects and discussed the topics presented. </FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>XII.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors received a report from the Chief Executive Officer on various corporate subjects.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt 28.35pt; TEXT-INDENT: -28.35pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>XIII.</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt" color=black face="times new roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The Board of Directors held an Executive Session.</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=PT style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif><B><FONT lang=PT style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt" face=arial,sans-serif>5. SIGNATURES: MARCEL MARTINS MALCZEWSKI - Chairman; DANIEL PIMENTEL SLAVIERO -&nbsp; Executive Secretary; ADRIANA ANGELA ANTONIOLLI; CARLOS BIEDERMANN; GUSTAVO BONINI GUEDES; LEILA ABRAHAM LORIA; LUIZ CLAUDIO </FONT></B>MAIA VIEIRA; MARCO ANT&#212;NIO BARBOSA C&#194;NDIDO; OLGA STANKEVICIUS COLPO; and VICT&#211;RIA BARALDI MENDES BATISTA - Meeting Secretary.</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 6pt 0in 0pt"><I><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 11.5pt; LETTER-SPACING: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 12pt" face=Arial,sans-serif>This is a free translation of the summary of the minutes of Copel&#8217;s 199th Extraordinary Board of Directors&#8217; Meeting drawn up in the Company&#8217;s Book no. 11.</FONT></I></P>

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   <DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">/<SMALL>S</SMALL>/&nbsp; Daniel Pimentel Slaviero</FONT>

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<P align=justify><FONT size=2 face="Times New Roman, Times, Serif">This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are statements that are not historical facts, and are based on management's current view and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "plans" and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations and the factors or trends affecting financial condition, liquidity or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends or results will actually occur. The statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, and operating factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. </FONT></P>

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