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 February, 2024

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)

José Izidoro Biazetto, 158
81200-240 Curitiba, Paraná
Federative Republic of Brazil
+55 (41) 3331-4011

(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____

 

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL
Corporate Taxpayer ID (CNPJ/ME) 76.483.817/0001-20 –

Company Registry (NIRE) 41300036535 - CVM Registration

B3 (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6, CPLE11)

NYSE (ELP)

LATIBEX (XCOP, XCOPO, XCOPU)

Petrobras' accession to CCVA of UEGA

COPEL (“Company”), a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells energy, announces to its shareholders and the market in general, in continuity with that published in Material Facts nº 05/22, 08/22 and 20/23 and Notices to the Market nº 21/23 and 25/23, which received from Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras information on the effective exercise of the tag along (joint sale) in the divestment in UEG Araucária (“UEGA”), in accordance with the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement (“CCVA”) signed between Copel, Copel Geração e Transmissão (“Copel GeT”) and Âmbar Energia S.A (“Buyer”), on December 14, 2023.

Therefore, the thermoelectric plant will be sold in full of its shareholdings as per the following table:

The operation is subject to the implementation of common conditions precedent in this type of business, such as approval by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (“CADE”). The closing of the transaction is estimated to occur before March 31, 2024.

The divestment of this asset is part of the decarbonization process of the generation matrix, strengthening the pillars for the longevity and sustainable growth of the business, in addition to being in line with Copel's Business Strategic Planning – Vision 2030.

About the Araucária TPP – Araucária Gas Thermoelectric Plant

TPP Araucária is a natural gas generation plant with an installed capacity of 484.15 MW that operates in a combined cycle (two gas turbines and one steam turbine) and operates in the mode known as “merchant”^[1].

Curitiba, February 26, 2023.

Adriano Rudek de Moura

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

For further information, please contact the Investor Relations team:

ri@copel.com or (41) 3331-4011

^[1] Plants without electricity sales contracts, whether in the free (ACL) or regulated (ACR) environment, subject to fluctuations in the Difference Settlement Price – PLD. In this modality, the UEGA, as a thermoelectric plant dispatched centrally by the National Electric System Operator (ONS), is dispatched in situations in which the Marginal Operating Cost (CMO) of the electrical system exceeds its Unitary Variable Cost (CVU) approved by ANEEL , or outside the order of merit, when requested by the ONS.

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 February 26, 2024

COMPANHIA PARANAENSE DE ENERGIA – COPEL
By:	/S/  Daniel Pimentel Slaviero
	Daniel Pimentel Slaviero Chief Executive Officer

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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