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Provisions for Legal Claims and Contingent Liabilities (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Provisions For Legal Claims And Contingent Liabilities  
Schedule of changes in provisions for litigation
               
    Income        
    Provision Construction       Balances as of
  Balances as of  for litigations cost Additions    Transfer/ December 31,
  January 1, 2022 Additions Reversals Additions (Rev.) to assets  Settlements Others 2022
Tax                
Cofins  110,059  15,109 (1,604)  - - -  - 123,564
Others  71,056  23,705  (820)  - - (9,764)  (5,991)  78,186
   181,115  38,814 (2,424)  - - (9,764)  (5,991) 201,750
Labors  569,756  108,902 (2,778)  - -  (139,416)  - 536,464
Employee benefits  37,148  13,270  (19,672)  - -  (620)  -  30,126
Civil                
Civil and administrative claims  433,437  592,796 (3,925)  - -  (67,055) 2,858 958,111
Easements  138,069  3,594  (90) (722) 627 (2,754)  - 138,724
Expropriations and property  125,028  2,195 (8,113) 4,305 36,924 (5,427)  - 154,912
Customers  3,755  2,113  (630)  - - (1,488)  -  3,750
Environmental  5,902  497 (1,130)  - - -  -  5,269
   706,191  601,195  (13,888) 3,583 37,551  (76,724) 2,858  1,260,766
Regulatory  103,155  5,137  (84,111)  - -  (15,688)  -  8,493
   1,597,365  767,318  (122,873) 3,583 37,551  (242,212)  (3,133)  2,037,599
                 
    Income        
    Provision Construction     Transfer/ Balances as of
  Balances as of  for litigations cost Additions    Others December 31,
  January 1, 2021 Additions Reversals Additions/(Rev.) to assets  Settlements (a) 2021
Tax                
Cofins  107,148  4,123 (1,212)  - - -  - 110,059
Others  66,725  10,046  (205)  - -  (127)  (5,383)  71,056
   173,873  14,169 (1,417)  - -  (127)  (5,383) 181,115
Labors  596,248  94,845  (21,647)  - -  (105,777) 6,087 569,756
Employee benefits  52,401  4,685  (19,623)  - -  (761)  446  37,148
Civil                
Civil and administrative claims  387,895  129,730 (9,218)  - -  (74,989)  19 433,437
Easements  111,553  1,616 - 15,702 36,771  (27,573)  - 138,069
Expropriations and property  133,888  680  (15,031)  (7,268) 12,943  (184)  - 125,028
Customers  3,973  895  (706)  - -  (407)  -  3,755
Environmental  7,174  4,992 (4,964)  - - -  (1,300)  5,902
   644,483  137,913  (29,919) 8,434 49,714  (103,153)  (1,281) 706,191
Regulatory  88,699  20,694 (5,971)  - -  (267)  - 103,155
   1,555,704  272,306  (78,577) 8,434 49,714  (210,085) (131)  1,597,365
(a) Reclassification mainly to Liabilities associated with assets classified as held for sale (Note 39).
Schedule of details of provisions for legal claims and contingent liabilities
           
    Provisions Contingent liabilities
  Description 12.31.2022 12.31.2021 12.31.2022   12.31.2021
Tax            
Cofins Requirement of the Federal Revenue Service for the period from August 1995 to December 1996, due to the termination of a judicial decision that has recognized the Company's exemption from Cofins.  123,564  110,059 9,550   7,914
INSS Tax requirements related to the social security contribution.  30,899  29,813 46,901   107,840
Federal taxes Administrative requirements and questions from Receita Federal do Brasil (Federal Revenue Service).  2,100  1,721 50,025   77,058
ICMS (VAT) Administrative requirements and questions from the State regarding the payment of ICMS (VAT) on the Company's invoices.  4,035 - 24,930   43,346
IPTU Tax Requirement on Urban Territorial Property (IPTU) on properties affected by the public electricity service.  9,332 - 152,113   118,981
ISS City halls tax requirement as ISS on construction services provided by third parties. 181 170 56,731   83,536
Other Taxes, fees and other federal, state and municipal taxes in which the Company discusses the levy or not, as well as its bases and amounts for payment  31,639  39,352 149,518   122,314
     201,750  181,115 489,768   560,989
Labor Charging of overtime, hazardous work, transfer surcharge, equalization / salary adjustment, among others, by employees and former employees of Copel; collection of indemnity installments and others, by ex-employees of contractors and outsourced companies (subsidiary responsibility).  536,374  569,756 372,138   275,230
Employee benefits Labor claims filed by former retired employees against Fundação Copel, which will consequently cause repercussions for the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, to the extent that additional contributions are required.  30,126  37,148 12,716   3,524
Regulatory            
Aneel Order nº 288/2002 Legal actions against Aneel Dispatch No. 288/2002 involving the companies Companhia Estadual de Energia Elétrica - CEEE and Dona Francisca Energética S.A.  -  82,670 -   -
ESBR ESBR filed Ordinary Lawsuit No. 10426-71.2013.4.01.4100 against ANEEL in the Federal Court of Rondônia, whose ruling: (i) acknowledged the exclusion of liability for the 535-day schedule overrun in the construction of the Jirau Hydropower Station; (ii) declares any obligations, penalties and costs imposed on ESBR as a result of the schedule overrun to be unenforceable, and (iii) annuls ANEEL Resolution 1,732/2013, which had recognized a schedule overrun of only 52 days. An appeal has been brought by ANEEL, pending judgment by the Federal Court of the 1st Region. The practical consequence of the ruling was, at the time it exempted ESBR, to expose the distributors with whom it entered into power trading contracts (CCEARs) to the Short-Term Market and to the high value of the Settlement Price of the Differences (Preço de Liquidação das Diferenças - PLD, in Portuguese) in the period, including Copel DIS. This occurred because the rules for the sale of electricity require that all energy consumed should have a corresponding contractual coverage. If the lawsuits are judged unfavorably against Copel, the amount will be classified as Sectorial Financial Asset to be recovered through tariff rates.  - -  1,130,845    1,066,486
Colíder exclusion of liability Discussion on the value of the Tariff for use of the transmission system - TUST and monetary adjustment on energy values ​​referring to the exclusion of liability period.
As a result of the court injunction that excluded the delay period for the Colíder HPP from being responsible for the delivery of energy contracted in the Regulated Contracting Environment - ACR, CCEE proceeded to credit, valued to PLD, the energy previously backed to comply with ACR. However, in the event of failure in the lawsuit, the Company must return the amounts credited, updated by the IGPM.		  - - 320,044   295,931
Other Aneel's notifications about possible breaches of regulatory standards  8,493  20,485 45,718   38,099
     8,493  103,155  1,496,607    1,400,516
(continued)            
             
    Provisions Contingent liabilities
  Description 12.31.2022 12.31.2021 12.31.2022   12.31.2021
Civil            
Tobacco growers Actions whose main cause is the lack of electricity causing loss of production.  73,366  79,092 71,237   68,104
Arbitration Arbitration protected by secrecy and confidentiality, in the early stage of award settlement.  629,056  165,158 338,779  (a)  670,704
PIS / Cofins credit Contingent liability related to the allocation of PIS and Cofins tax credits recognized by the Company. With the enactment of Law No. 14,385/2022, the Management of Copel and its legal advisors reassessed the risk and Copel DIS recorded the provision, as detailed in Note 12.2.1.  - - -    1,775,347
Civil and administrative law Other actions involving billing, supposed irregular procedures, administrative contracts and contractual fines, indemnity for accidents with the electric power network and accident with vehicles.  154,550  131,519 530,959   383,597
Indemnification to third parties (civil) Actions for indemnity for resulting from damages caused during the construction of power plants. The execution of the sentence began without the previously determined accounting expertise. In the 1st degree, Copel challenged the execution and presented an insurance policy as a guarantee until a decision on the performance of an expert examination and excess of the value. As there was still no favorable position on the merits, the risk was reassessed with a change in the provisioned balance.  101,076  57,663 98,940   29,592
Easements Discussion between the amount determined by Copel for payment and the amount claimed by the property owner and/or when the owner's documentation supporting title to the property may not be registered (when probate proceedings are still in progress, properties have no registry number with the land registry, etc.), intervention in third-party adverse possession, either as a confronter, or in case of a property where there are areas of easement of passage, in order to preserve the limits and boundaries of expropriated areas.  138,841  138,075 31,063   29,100
Expropriations and property Discussion between the amount assessed by Copel for payment and the amount claimed by the owner, and / or when the owner's documentation does not present conditions for registration (inventories in progress, properties without registration, among others); actions for repossession of real estate owned by the concessionaire; intervention in the adverse possession of third parties, as a confrontant, in order to preserve the limits and confrontations of the expropriated areas.  154,943  93,679 38,030   70,198
Indemnification to third parties (expropriations) Expropriation lawsuit for construction of electric substation and expropriation of property flooded of power plant, settled in the second quarter of 2022.  -  31,348 -   -
Consumers Lawsuits seeking compensation for damages caused in household appliances, industrial and commercial machines, lawsuits claiming damages for pain and suffering caused by service interruption and lawsuits filed by industrial consumers, challenging the lawfulness of the increase in electricity prices while Plano Cruzado (anti-inflation economic plan) was in effect and claiming reimbursement for the amounts paid by the Company.  3,758  3,755 1,911   3,964
Environmental Public civil and class actions whose purpose is to obstruct the progress of environmental licensing for new projects or to recover permanent preservation areas located around the hydroelectric power plant dams unlawfully used by private individuals. If the outcome of the lawsuits is unfavorable to the Company, Management estimates only the cost to prepare new environmental studies and to recover the areas owned by Copel GeT. They also include the Commitment Agreements (Termos de Ajuste de Conduta - TAC, in Portuguese), which refer to the commitments agreed-upon and approved between the Company and the relevant bodies, for noncompliance with any condition provided for by the Installation and Operating Licenses.  5,266  5,902 226,608   206,647
    1,260,856  706,191  1,337,527    3,237,253
    2,037,599 1,597,365  3,708,756    5,477,512
(a) refers to the estimate of possible loss of a total, monetarily restated, of R$2,966,787 of the plaintiff's claim.