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COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA - COPEL

Corporate Taxpayers’ ID (CNPJ) 76.483.817/0001-20

PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY

CVM Registration No. 1431 - 1

SUMMARY OF THE MINUTES OF THE NINETY-SIXTH

EXTRAORDINARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING

1. PLACE: Rua Coronel Dulcídio no. 800, city of Curitiba, State of Paraná. 2. DATE AND TIME: December 27, 2010 – 2:00 p.m. 3. PRESIDING BOARD: Léo de Almeida Neves - Chairman; Raul Munhoz Neto – Executive Secretary. 4. AGENDA AND RESOLUTIONS:

I. The Board of Directors decided to elect, following the orientation of the majority shareholder, taking office on January 1, 2011 and serving the term of office related to the 2009/2011 three-year period, Mr. LINDOLFO ZIMMER as Chief Executive Officer, replacing Mr. Raul Munhoz Neto; Mr. JORGE ANDRIGUETTO JÚNIOR as Chief Engineering Officer, replacing Mr. Edson Sardeto; Mr. JULIO JACOB JÚNIOR as Chief Legal Officer, replacing Mrs. Regina Maria Bueno Bacellar; Mr. PEDRO AUGUSTO DO NASCIMENTO NETO as Chief Distribution Officer, replacing Mr. Vlademir Santo Da leffe; Mrs. YÁRA CHRISTINA EISENBACH as Chief Business Management Officer, replacing Mr. Luiz Antonio Rossafa; Mr. JAIME DE OLIVEIRA KUHN as Chief Generation and Transmission and Telecommunications Officer, replacing Mr. José Danilo Tavares; Mr. RICARDO PORTUGAL ALVES as Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer, replacing Mr. Rafael Iatauro; and Mr. GILBERTO MENDES FERNANDES as Chief of Environment and Corporate Citizenship Officer, replacing Mrs. Marlene Zannin. The Board of Directors further decided that Mr. Lindolfo Zimmer will compose the Board of Directors as Executive Secretary until the Shareholders’ Meeting that will fill the position left by Mr. Raul Munhoz Neto, who served as Executive Secretary of this Board in view of his position as Chief Executive of the Company.

II. Authorization for calling an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, to be held on January 28, 2011, to recompose the Board of Directors and Fiscal Council;

5. ATTENDANCE: LÉO DE ALMEIDA NEVES – Chairman; RAUL MUNHOZ NETO – Executive Secretary; LAURITA COSTA ROSA; ROGÉRIO DE PAULA QUADROS; LUIZ ANTONIO RODRIGUES ELIAS; SYLVIO SEBASTIANI; JOÃO CARLOS FASSINA. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

The Minutes of the Ninety-Sixth Extraordinary Board of Directors’ Meeting of Copel were drawn up in the Company’s Book no. 07 registered at the State of Paraná Trade Registry under no. 10/040141-4 on May 14, 2010.

RAUL MUNHOZ NETO

Executive Secretary

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: December 27, 2010

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL

By:	/S/ Raul Munhoz Neto
	Raul Munhoz Neto CEO

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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