Provided by MZ Technologies

For the month of March, 2010

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.

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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.

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IR COPEL 02/10 - 03/01/2010

New Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

The Board of Directors’ Meeting of March 1, 2010 elected Mr. Antonio Rycheta Arten as Copel’s new Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer, replacing Mr. Paulo Roberto Trompczynski, who will become the Company’s Chief Legal Officer.

Mr. Rycheta holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Faculdade de Administração e Economia - FAE, as well as graduate degree in Financial and Economic Engineering from the Sociedade Paranaense de Ensino - SPEI. Between 2003 and 2008, he was CEO and Chief Administrative and Financial Officer of Agên-cia de Fomento do Paraná. He was also a member of Copel’s Fiscal Council from 2003 to 2005 and the Company’s Chief Administrative Officer from 2008 to 2010.

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

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