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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200630
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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:		20827744

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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><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>For the month of April, 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=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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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=windowtext face=Arial,sans-serif>COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>Corporate Taxpayer Registration (CNPJ): 76.483.817/0001-20</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY</FONT></B></P>

<H1 style="PAGE-BREAK-AFTER: avoid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=windowtext face=Arial,sans-serif>CVM Registration No. 1431-1</FONT></B></H1>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>SUMMARY OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING MINUTES</FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>1. VENUE: </FONT></B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>Rua Coronel Dulc&#237;dio n&#186; 800, Curitiba - PR. </FONT><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>2. </FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>DATE:</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif> 04.28.2020 -2 p.m. </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>3. NOTICE OF MEETING: </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>Published on the "Official Gazette of the State of Paran&#225;" and on the "Folha de Londrina" newspaper. </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>4.QUORUM:</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif> 92.30% (ninety-two and thirty hundredths percent) of the voting capital. </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>5. PRESIDING BOARD:</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif> MARCELO LUIZ CURADO - Chairman; MARCEL MARTINS MALCZEWSKI - Chairman of the Board of Directors; and DENISE TEIXEIRA GOMES - Meeting Secretary. </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>6. RESOLUTIONS - 65th ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING:</FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>ITEM 1 -</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif> The shareholders approved, by a majority vote, the</FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face="Times New Roman"> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>Annual Management Report and the Financial Statements for financial year 2019. The detailed voting results (for, against and abstain) can be found in the full version of the minutes.</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>ITEM 2</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif> </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>-</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif> The shareholders approve, by a majority vote , the Board of Executive Officer&#8217;s proposal for the allocation of the net income for the financial year 2019 in the amount of </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>R$1,989,946,317.39</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif> (one billion, nine hundred and eighty-nine million, nine hundred and forty-six thousand, three hundred and seventeen reais and thirty-nine cents), with the following appropriations: </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>a)</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif> </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>R$99,497,315.87 </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>(ninety-nine million, four hundred and ninety-seven thousand, three hundred and fifteen reais and eighty-seven cents), equivalent to 5% of the net income, to create the </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>Legal Reserve</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>, in accordance with Article 193 of Law no. 6,404, of December 15, 1976, and with Article 72, paragraph 2, item II, of the Company&#8217;s Bylaws; </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>b) R$643,000,000.00</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif> (six hundred and forty-three million reais) to pay for </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>interest on shareholders' equity</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>, in replacement of dividends, in compliance with article 202 of Law no. 6,404, of December 15, 1976 - the Brazilian Corporation Law; article 9, paragraph 7, of Law no. 9,249, of December 26, 1995, and article 73, paragraph 1 of the Company&#8217;s Bylaws, which were declared by the management bodies on December 5, 2019; and</FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif> </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>&nbsp;</FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>c) R$146,603,773.16</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif> (one hundred and forty-six million, six hundred and three thousand, seven hundred and seventy-three reais and sixteen cents) to be paid to the Company&#8217;s employees by the Holding Company and the wholly-owned subsidiaries as </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>profit sharing</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line" face=arial,sans-serif>, as a tool to integrate capital and labor and stimulate productivity. The detailed voting results (for, against and abstain) can be found in the full version of the minutes.</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>ITEM 3 - </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The shareholders approved, by a majority vote, the threshold for the annual compensation of the members of the Board of Director, of the Board of Executive Officers, of the Supervisory Board and of Statutory Committees, established at</FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif> </FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>R$13.002.528,27</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif> </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; BACKGROUND: white" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>(thirteen million, two thousand, five hundred and twenty-eight reais and twenty-seven cents) </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>for financial year 2020. The detailed voting results (for, against and abstain) can be found in the full version of the minutes.</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>ITEM 4 - </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" face=arial,sans-serif>The shareholders approved, by a majority vote, </FONT><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>to call a Special Shareholders&#8217; Meeting to decide on the newspaper selection process for corporate publications as required by Article 289 of Federal Law no. 6.404/1976. Such matter shall be later </FONT>


<FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" color=black face=arial,sans-serif>referred to the next Annual Shareholders' Meeting for ratification. It should be noted that, until the Special Shareholders' Meeting is held to decide on the matter, corporate publications required by Federal Law no. 6.404/1976 shall be made in the Official Gazette of the State of Paran&#225; and in the Folha de Londrina newspaper. </FONT></P></DIV>

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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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