Provided by MZ Technologies

For the month of March, 2009

Commission File Number 1-14668

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

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.

Yes _______ No ___X____

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL
Coporate Taxpayers' ID (CNPJ): 76.483.817/0001 -20
PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY
CVM Register no. 1431 - 1

1. PLACE: Rua Coronel Dulcídio, nº 800, Curitiba - PR. 2. DATE AND TIME: March 13, 2009 - 2:30 pm. 3. CALL NOTICE: The call notice was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Paraná and the newspapers "Diário de São Paulo" and "O Estado do Paraná". 4. ATTENDANCE: 85.26% (eighty-five point twenty six per cent), of the voting capital, as per the signatures on page 44 (back) of the Shareholders' Attendance Book nº 3. 5. PRESIDING BOARD: - CARLOS FREDERICO MARÉS DE SOUZA FILHO - Chairman; JOÃO BONIFÁCIO CABRAL JÚNIOR - Chairman of the Board of Directors; MARLOS GAIO - Secretary. 6. AGENDA AND RESOLUTIONS: ITEM 1 - Approval, by unanimous vote, the creation of the Environment and Corporate Citizenship Office and consequent amendment of articles 17 (to include one more office) and 21, item X (to relieve the CEO from the duties related to environment and social responsibility), and inclusion of article 28 (establishing the responsibilities of the Environment and Corporate Citizenship Officer) in the Company's bylaws. 7. SIGNATURES: (a) CARLOS FREDERICO MARÉS DE SOUZA FILHO - Representative of the State of Paraná and Chairman of the Shareholders' Meeting; JOÃO BONIFÁCIO CABRAL JÚNIOR, - Chairman of the Board of Directors; PAULO ROBERTO TROMPCZYNSKI, Chief Financial, Investor Relations and External Stockholding Office, as the Company's CEO; GEORGE WASHINGTON T. MARCELINO - THE PUBLIC SCHOOL RET SYSTEM OF MISSOURI; THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE; FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT FUNDS; TEMPLETON GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRUST - TEMPLETON BRIC FUND; MARLOS GAIO - Secretary. ---------------------

The full text of the Minutes of the 175th Extraordinary General Meeting was drawn up on pages 003 and 004 of the Company's Book no. 10, registered with the Trade Registry of the Paraná State under no. 08/167840-1 on July 16, 2008.

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.

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COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL

By:	/S/ Rubens Ghilardi
	Rubens Ghilardi CEO