6-K 1 elp20090724_6k.htm COPELS CAPTIVE POWER MARKET GREW Provided by MZ Technologies
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
FORM 6-K
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the month of July, 2009

Commission File Number 1-14668
 
 
COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

Energy Company of Paraná
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 

Rua Coronel Dulcídio, 800
80420-170 Curitiba, Paraná
Federative Republic of Brazil
(5541) 3222-2027
(Address of principal executive offices)
 

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____


IR COPEL 08/09 - 07/24/2009

Copel’s captive power market grew by
2.5% in the 1st half of 2009

The following analysis refers to Copel’s power market performance in the 1st half of 2009 compared to the first half of 2008.

Captive Market - Copel Distribuição

The captive market consumed 9,954.7 GWh, 2.5% up, mainly due to the following factors:

-Increase in the number of customers across all segments;

- Growth of 1.6%, 3.8% and 4.4% in the average residential, rural and commercial consumption, respectively;

- Greater variations in the temperature in relation to the average; and

- Recovery in Brazil’s GDP.

     The residential consumed 2,802.7 GWh, 5.1% up, due to the reduction in the basic interest rate (Selic), resulting in cheaper credit for the acquisition of consumer durables and electronics goods. This segment represented 28.1% of Copel’s captive market. In June 2009, Copel supplied power to 2,818,001 residential customers.

     The industrial segment consumed 3,173.3 GWh, 4.0% down, due to the decline in production for exports and the higher comparison base in 2008. This segment represented 31.9% of Copel’s captive market. In June 2009, Copel supplied power to 64,957 captive industrial customers.

     The commercial segment consumed 2,110.1 GWh, 6.9% up, due, as in the residential segment, to the fall in the Selic rate and the government’s measures to combat the crisis and maintain domestic consumption, which resulted in demand picking up. The commercial segment represented 21.2% of Copel’s captive market. In June 2009, Copel supplied power to 296,684 commercial customers.


     The rural segment consumed 877.8 GWh, 6.4% up, representing 8.8% of Copel’s captive market. In March 2009, Copel supplied power to 343,826 rural customers.

     Other segments (public agencies, public lighting, public services, and own consumption) consumed 990.7 GWh, 5.1% up, in the period. These segments represented 9.9% of Copel’s captive market. In June 2009, COPEL supplied power to 47,762 customers in these segments.

     The following table shows the captive market for each consumption segment:

    Number of customers      Energy Sold (GWh)  
    Jun-09     Jun-08    %    1H09    1H08     % 
Residential    2,818,001    2,725,155    3.4    2,803    2,667     5.1 
Industrial    64,957    60,090    8.1    3,173    3,307    (4.0)
Commercial    296,684    289,564    2.5    2,110    1,973     6.9 
Rural    343,826    335,277    2.5    878    825     6.4 
Other    47,762    45,674    4.6    991    942     5.2 
Captive Market    3,571,230    3,455,760    3.3    9,955    9,714     2.5 

Copel Distribution’s Grid Market - TUSD

     Copel Distribuição’s grid market, comprising the captive market , concessionaries (other utilities within Paraná) and all free customers within the Company’s concession area, declined 0.2% due to the decrease in power demand from free customers, as the following table shows:

    Number of customers/ Agreements    Energy distributed (GWh)
    Jun-09    Jun-08    %    1H09    1H08    % 
Captive Market    3,571,230    3,455,760    3.3    9,955    9,714    2.5 
Concessionaires    4    3    33.3    256    247    3.8 
Free customers (*)   23    24    (4.2)   1,447    1,720    (15.9)
Grid Market    3,571,257    3,455,787    3.3    11,658    11,681    (0.2)
* All free customers served by COPEL GET and other suppliers at the COPEL DIS concession area


Copel Geração e Transmissão’s Market

     In 2009, there was an increase in the volume of energy sold by Copel Geração e Transmissão in energy auctions in the regulated market (CCEAR). The product CCEAR 2009 was launched, with average supply volume of 245 average MW for eight years at an average sale price of R$ 109.63/ MWh (June, 2009). This energy comes from the agreements with free customers and bilateral contracts that terminated in 2008.

Copel’s Consolidated Market

     The following table shows Copel’s total energy sales through Copel Geração e Transmissão and Copel Distribuição:

    Number of customers/ Agreements    Energy sold (GWh)  
    Jun-09    Jun-08    %    1H09    1H08    % 
Copel DIS                         
Captive Market    3,571,230    3,455,760    3.3    9,955    9,714    2.5 
Concessionaires    4    3    33.3    256    247    3.8 
CCEE    -    -    -    -    -    - 
Total Copel DIS    3,571,234    3,455,763    3.3    10,211    9,961    2.5 
Copel GET                         
CCEAR (1)   36    36    -    7,175    6,054    18.5 
Ajustment Auction (ACR)   1    1    -    137    70    96.6 
Free customers    13    15    (13.3)   549    594    (7.6)
Bilateral Agreements    2    2    -    508    1763    (71.2)
CCEE    -    -    -    62    28    124.8 
Total Copel GET    52    54    (3.7)   8,431    8,509    (0.9)
Total Copel Consolidated    3,571,286    3,455,817    3.3    18,642    18,470    0.9 
(1) From the total energy sold in 1H09 and 1H08, 696 GWh and 609 GWh, respectively, were traded by Copel Distribuição Note. Not considering the energy from MRE (Energy Realocation Mechanism)
      CCEE: Electric Power Trade Chamber
      CCEAR: Energy Purchase Agreements in the Regulated Market

Curitiba, July 24, 2009

Sincerely,
Paulo Roberto Trompczynski
CFO and Investor Relations Officer

For additional information, please contact Copel's Investor Relations team:
ri@copel.com or (55-41) 3222-2027

 
SIGNATURE
 
 
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.

Date: July 24, 2009

 
COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL
By:
/S/  Rubens Ghilardi
 
Rubens Ghilardi
CEO
 

 

 
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