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 October, 2023

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)

Copel Distribuição's Grid Market grows 3.4% in 3Q23 and 2.1% in the year

COPEL (“Company”), a company that generates, transmits, distributes and trades energy, informs its shareholders and the market in general the performance of the energy market in the third quarter of 2023, compared to the same period of the previous year.

Distribution - Grid Market

Copel Distribuição's grid market, made up of the captive market, supply to concessionaires and licensees within the State of Paraná and all the free customers existing in its concession area, had an increase of 3.4% in electricity consumption in the 3Q23 in relation to the same period of the previous year and 2.1% in the year to date. The billed grid market, which considers compensated energy from Mini and Micro Distributed Generation – MMGD, fell 1.0% in the quarter and 0.1% in the year to date, considering the Availability Cost^[1].

	Number of Customers			Consumed Energy (GWh)
	Sep-23	Sep-22	∆%	3Q23	3Q22	∆%	9M23	9M22	∆%
Residential	4,190,534	4,108,640	2.0	2,119	1,948	8.8	6,488	6,157	5.4
Industrial	69,318	70,220	(1.3)	3,102	3,118	(0.5)	9,194	9,202	(0.1)
Captive	68,090	69,149	(1.5)	490	543	(9.7)	1,464	1,595	(8.2)
Free	1,228	1,071	14.7	2,612	2,575	1.4	7,731	7,607	1.6
Commercial	438,443	429,040	2.2	1,573	1,489	5.7	4,947	4,737	4.4
Captive	436,796	427,641	2.1	1,041	996	4.6	3,317	3,246	2.2
Free	1,647	1,399	17.7	532	493	7.8	1,630	1,492	9.3
Rural	325,182	334,480	(2.8)	570	551	3.4	1,874	1,916	(2.2)
Captive	325,111	334,433	(2.8)	530	519	2.2	1,754	1,821	(3.7)
Free	71	47	51.1	40	32	23.0	120	95	26.5
Others	54,844	53,485	2.5	593	587	1.0	1,836	1,810	1.4
Captive	54,832	53,473	2.5	591	585	1.0	1,830	1,805	1.4
Free	12	12	-	2	2	-	5	5	-
Total Captive Market	5,075,363	4,993,336	1.6	4,772	4,591	4.0	14,853	14,624	1.6
Total Free Market	2,958	2,529	17.0	3,185	3,102	2.7	9,486	9,198	3.1
Supply to Concessionaries	7	7	-	238	230	3.4	698	700	(0.3)
Total Grid Market	5,078,328	4,995,872	1.7	8,195	7,923	3.4	25,036	24,522	2.1
MMGD	293,245	183,893	59.5	(428)	(233)	83.7	(1,280)	(751)	70.4
Total Billed Grid Market				7,767	7,690	1.0	23,756	23,771	(0.1)

^[1] The availability cost represents the minimum amount charged for the availability of the distribution grid and is referenced in the input configurations of consumer units: 30 kWh single-phase, 50 kWh two-phase and 100 kWh three-phase circuits (ANEEL Ordinance Nº 1,000/2021 art. 291).

The volume of offset energy, which is the surplus generation from MMGD compensated in billing, grew 83.7% in the quarter, with emphasis on the growth in the Rural (101.7%), Residential (75.4%), , Commercial (63.3%) and Industrial (127.8%) classes. The number of consumers subscribing to the MMGD reached 293 thousand in September 2023, 59.5% higher than in September 2022.

Micro e Mini Distributed Generation	Offset Energy (GWh)
	3Q23	3Q22	∆%	9M23	9M22	∆%
Residential	114	65	75.4%	349	204	71.1%
Industrial	41	18	127.8%	118	72	63.9%
Commercial	147	90	63.3%	437	284	53.9%
Rural	121	60	101.7%	361	188	92.0%
Other	5	-	-	15	3	400.0%
Total MMGD	428	233	83.7%	1,280	751	70.4%

The 3Q23 result is due to the consumption of electricity by the following classes:

i. Residential, with an increase of 8.8%, due to the increase in average consumption in the period, from 158.03 kWh/month to 168.6 kWh/month, mainly due to the increase in average temperature in the months of August^[2] and September 2023, and the 2.0% increase in the number of customers;

ii. Commercial, with an increase of 5.7%, mainly due to the growth in consumption of Retail Trade by 6.6%, representing 30.2% of the consumption of the class, of Wholesale Trade by 1.1 %, representing 16.9% of the consumption of the class, and food in 8.0%, representing 6.2% of the consumption of the class, partially offset by the 2.1% reduction in consumption in Telecommunications, representing 4.9% of the consumption of the class;

iii. Rural, with an increase of 3.4%, mainly due to the growth in consumption with Agriculture, Livestock and Related Services by 2.2%, representing 88.1% of the consumption of the class, Electricity, gas and others utilities at 20.4%, representing 4.9% of the consumption of the class, and Fishing and Aquaculture at 28.0%, representing 4.5% of the consumption of the class; and

iv. Industrial, with a drop of 0.5%, mainly due to the reduction in consumption with Manufacturing of Chemical Products by 22.0%, Wood Products by 7.9%, Vehicles by 6.7% and Non-materials Metallics by 6.9%, partially offset by the increase in consumption with Manufacturing of Food Products by 7.9% and Pulp and Paper by 17.3%.

^[2] On average for the entire State, the maximum temperature of August/2023 and the historical average were 25.0°C and 24.4°C, respectively. As for the minimums observed, the temperatures in August/2023 were above the historical level, indicating a month with mornings warmer than normal. The average minimum temperature in Paraná in August/2023 was 13.2°C and the historical average is 11.9°C, that is, 1.3°C higher.

Captive Market

The captive market showed an increase of 4.0% in electricity consumption in the third quarter of 2023 and 1.6% in the year to date. The billed captive market, which considers energy offset from MMGD, fell by 0.3% in the third quarter of 2023 and by 2.2% in the year to date.

The following graphs show the electricity consumed by class in 3Q23:

 

Generation

In the third quarter of 2023, Copel Geração e Transmissão (including energy from HPP Foz do Areia – FDA and SHP Bela Vista – BVE, but excluding TPP Araucária) sold 4,501 GWh of electrycity, an increase of 5.8%, mainly due to CCEARs resulting from the GSF reconciliation.

For wind farms, the total electrical energy sold was 1,206 GWh, an increase of 42.0%, influenced by the entry into commercial operation of Jandaíra Wind Complex and the acquisition of the Aventura and SRMN Wind Complexes, which became part of the Company's portfolio in January 30, 2023.

For TPP Araucária, there was no dispatch in 3Q23, due to the hydrological conditions.

Trading

Copel Mercado Livre

In 3Q23, Copel Mercado Livre recorded 5,526 GWh of electricity sold, a reduction of 14.3%, due to the reduction in bilateral contracts.

Copel's Consolidated Market

The total energy sold by Copel, comprising sales by Copel Distribuição, Copel Geração e Transmissão, Wind Farm Complexes and Copel Mercado Livre in all markets, reached 16,759 GWh in 3Q23, a reduction of 4.1%.

The following table shows Copel's total energy sales, broken down into Copel Distribuição, Copel Geração e Transmissão, Wind Farms and Copel Mercado Livre:

Copel’s Consolidated Market	Nº de customers / contracts			Energy sold (GWh)				Energy sold (GWh)
	Sep 23	Sep 22	∆%		3Q23	3Q22	∆%		9M23	9M22	∆%
Copel DIS	5,075,638	4,996,189	1.6%		5,526	5,919	-6.6%		16,977	17,509	-3.0%
Captive Market	5,075,363	4,995,872	1.6%	0	4,772	4,591	4.0%		14,853	14,624	1.6%
Concessionaries and Licensees	7	7	-	0	20	21	-3.3%		67	69	-2.8%
CCEE (Assigments MCSD EN)	268	288	-6.9%	0	75	54	38.7%		172	159	7.8%
CCEE (MVE)	-	22	-	0	-	177	-		-	524	-
CCEE (MCP) 2	�� -	-	-		658	1,076	-38.9%		1,886	2,133	-11.6%
Copel GeT	352	280	25.7%		4,501	4,256	5.8%		12,513	12,893	-3.0%
CCEAR  (Copel DIS)	3	3	0.0%		29	31	-3.5%		91	91	0.1%
CCEAR (other concessionaries)	118	101	16.8%		1,741	547	218.2%		3,189	1,649	93.4%
Free Customers	-	-	-		-	-	-		-	-	-
Bilateral Agreements (Copel Mercado Livre)	227	172	32.0%		2,694	3,328	-19.0%		9,125	10,441	-12.6%
Bilateral Agreements 1	4	4	-		36	37	-1.3%		108	109	-0.6%
CCEE (MCP) 2	-	-	-		-	313	-		-	604	-
Wind Farms Complexes	600	397	51.1%		1,206	849	42.0%		3,322	2,265	46.7%
CCEAR  (Copel DIS)	15	6	150.0%		31	8	287.5%		85	23	269.6%
CCEAR (other concessionaries)	546	334	63.5%		577	325	77.5%		1,623	964	68.4%
CER	10	10	-		231	231	-		684	684	-
Bilateral Agreements (Copel Mercado Livre)	13	38	-65.8%		180	91	97.8%		450	234	92.3%
Bilateral Agreements	16	9	77.8%		187	139	34.5%		448	335	33.7%
CCEE (MCP) 2	-	-	-		-	55	-		32	25	28.0%
Copel Mercado Livre	1,753	1,677	4.5%		5,526	6,451	-14.3%		16,724	18,607	-10.1%
Free Customers	1,620	1,482	9.3%		3,014	2,934	2.7%		8,862	8,696	1.9%
Bilateral Agreements (Group Companies)	24	26	-7.7%		330	625	-47.2%		398	899	-55.7%
Bilateral Agreements	109	169	-35.5%		2,182	2,854	-23.5%		7,221	8,898	-18.8%
CCEE (MCP) 2	-	-	-		-	38	-		243	114	113.2%
Total Copel	5,078,343	4,998,543	1.6%		16,759	17,475	-4.1%		49,535	51,275	-3.4%
Eliminations (intra-group operations)	-	-	-		3,264	4,083	-20.1%		10,251	11,690	-12.3%
Total Consolidated Copel	-	-	-		13,495	13,392	0.8%		39,284	39,585	-0.8%

Note: Not considering the energy from MRE (Energy Relocation Mechanism) and the energy from TPP Araucária sold in the CCEE Spot Market.
¹ Includes Short Term Agreements and CBR.

² Does not consider negative amounts.
CCEE: Electric Power Trade Chamber / CCEAR: Energy Purchase Agreements in the Regulated Market / MCP: Short Term Market / CER: Agreements Reserve Energy / MCSD EN - Mechanism for Compensation of Surpluses and Deficits of New Energy / MVE - MVE - Sale of energy to the free market through the Surplus Selling Mechanism.

Curitiba, October 24, 2023.

Adriano Rudek de Moura

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

For further information, please contact the Investor Relations team:

ri@copel.com or +55 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 October 24, 2023

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

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