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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-23-005064
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20231231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20231219
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20231218

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENERGY CO OF PARANA
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001041792
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14668
		FILM NUMBER:		231494946

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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CT CORPORATION SYSTEM
		STREET 2:		1633 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Report of Foreign Private Issuer<BR>
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font: 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>For the month of December, 2023</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Commission File Number 1-14668</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its
charter)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Energy Company of Paran&aacute;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Translation of Registrant's name into English)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Jos&eacute; Izidoro Biazetto, 158<BR>
81200-240 Curitiba, Paran&aacute;<BR>
Federative Republic of Brazil<BR>
+55 (41) 3331-4011</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Address of principal executive offices)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">Indicate by check
mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 13.5pt">&nbsp;Form
20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 13.5pt">&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt">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.&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-size: 13.5pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Yes _______ No ___X____</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA &ndash; COPEL</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Corporate Taxpayer&rsquo;s ID (CNPJ/MF) 76.483.817/0001-20
- State Registry (NIRE) 41300036535</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">CVM Registration 1431-1</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">B3 (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6, CPLE11)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">NYSE (ELP)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">LATIBEX (XCOP, XCOPO, XCOPU)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center"><B>FINAL CONDENSED VOTING MAP</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/115% Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white">Companhia Paranaense
de Energia &ndash; COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and trades energy, discloses, pursuant to CVM Resolution 81/22,
hereby discloses the Extraordinary General Meeting that consolidates the votes cast at the Annual General Meeting held on this date.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right">Curitiba, December 18, 2023</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Adriano Rudek de Moura</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">For more information, please get in touch with
the Company by email</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/12pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">acionistas@copel.com or call to 0800-412772</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-left: Black 0.5pt solid">Process Number</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: left">5722</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid">&nbsp;<IMG SRC="elp202312186k2_007.jpg" ALT=""></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; width: 11%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: Black 0.5pt solid">Meeting Date&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">12/18/2023 14:00h</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center">&nbsp;<IMG SRC="elp202312186k2_006.jpg" ALT=""></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-left: Black 0.5pt solid">Type of Assembly</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">GM - General Metting</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: middle; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; border-left: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: center">TYPE OF RESOLUTION&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">APPROVE</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">REJECT</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">ABSTAIN</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: center; border-top-color: Black; border-top-width: 0.5pt">TOTAL</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: black 0.5pt solid; border-left: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: left">Undoing of the program sponsored by the Company of depositary receipts (Units)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-top-color: Black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;615,169,258</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-top-color: Black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16,996</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-top-color: Black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17,273</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-top-color: Black; border-top-width: 0.5pt; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;615,203,527</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; border-left: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: left">Authorization for the directors to carry out all the acts that may be necessary for the undoing of the Units Program</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;615,168,353</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16,870</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;18,260</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: middle; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;615,203,483</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; border-left: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: left">Supplementation of the compensation of Directors, Members of the Supervisory Board and Members of Statutory Committees for 2023</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;151,878,401</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2,468,765</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-top: Black 0.5pt solid; border-right: Black 0.5pt solid; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid; text-align: right; border-left-color: Black; border-left-width: 0.5pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;615,203,361</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">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.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Date December 18, 2023</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt">COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA &ndash; COPEL</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 10%">&nbsp;</TD>
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