Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP) 6-K Current report (foreign)

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 March, 2020

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
+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____

Dispatch of the Araucária Thermal Power Plant

Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL, a company that generates, transmits, distributes and sells power, with shares listed on B3 (CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), the NYSE (ELPVY, ELP) and the LATIBEX (XCOP), hereby announces to its shareholders and the market in general that the Araucária Thermoelectric Plant was activated on March 8, 2020, according to the schedule for the operational week of the National System Operator (ONS).

The dispatch order is part of the exceptional measures adopted at the meeting of March 4, 2020 by the Electric Sector Monitoring Committee (CMSE) for the recovery of hydroelectric reservoirs in the southern region of the country. The plant's remuneration, therefore, will be based on the Variable Cost per Unit -CVU approved by the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency - ANEEL, in the amount of R$ 681.79/MWh.

Weekly, the CMSE will verify the need to maintain the measures. The TPP Araucária has installed capacity of 484 MW, the combined cycle power plant is one of the most efficient in the country.

Curitiba, March 09, 2020.

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

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 March 9, 2020

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

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