Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL : IR 25/19 - Copel Distribuição’s Grid Market grown up 1.6% in the third quarter

Notice to the Market - 25/19

Copel Distribuição's Grid Market up 1.6% in the third quarter

This report analyzes the performance of Copel's electricity market between July and September 2019 compared to the same period in 2018.

Grid Market (TUSD)

Copel Distribuição's grid market, comprising the captive market, concessionaires and licensees in the state of Paraná, and all free consumers in the Company's concession area, adjusted by removing consumers connected at 230 kV from the basis of comparison1, increased by 1.6% in terms of energy consumption in 3Q19, as illustrated in the following table.

	Number of Customers / Agreements
	Sep-19	Sep-18	Var. %
Captive Market	4,693,981	4,612,383	1.8
Concessionaries and Licensees ¹	7	6	16.7
Free Customers ²	1,293	1,065	21.4
Grid Market	4,695,281	4,613,454	1.8

Energy Sold (GWh)

3Q19	3Q18	Var. %	9M19	9M18	Var. %
4,667	4,723	(1.2)	14,748	14,702	0.3
215	198	8.2	629	591	6.3
2,460	2,308	6.6	7,288	6,738	8.2
7,342	7,229	1.6	22,665	22,031	2.9

¹ Total grid supply in the captive market (concessionaires and licensees) and free market.

• All free customers served by Copel GeT, Copel Comercialização and other suppliers at the Copel Distribuição concession area. Adjusted by removing consumers connected at 230 kV from Basic Grid, according to Aneel's Normative Resolution no. 722/2016.

The result was mainly due to the 6.6% growth in free market consumption in 3Q19, as a result of the increase in Paraná's industrial production - growth of 5.0% and 2.3% in July and August 2019, respectively. The sectors that contributed the most to the increase in energy consumption were food manufacturing, motor vehicles, trailers and bodywork manufacturing, and chemical manufacturing.

Captive Market

Copel Distribuição's captive market energy sales totaled 4,667 GWh in 3Q19, a reduction of 1.2%, mainly as a result of lower consumption in the industrial class.

The following table illustrates captive market behavior according to customer segment.

1 According to Aneel's Normative Resolution no. 722/2016, consumers connected at 230kV voltage level must be part of the Basic Grid. The migration of these customers does not imply a reduction in revenue for the remuneration of the Distributor.

Notice to the Market - 25/19

	Number of Customers
	Sep-19	Sep-18	Var. %
Residential	3,808,092	3,732,153	2.0
Industrial	72,171	73,328	(1.6)
Commercial	404,704	396,459	2.1
Rural	350,595	352,712	(0.6)
Other	58,419	57,731	1.2
Captive Market	4,693,981	4,612,383	1.8

Energy sold (GWh)

3Q19	3Q18	Var. %	9M19	9M18	Var. %
1,776	1,736	2.3	5,571	5,413	2.9
655	751	(12.8)	1,989	2,204	(9.8)
1,083	1,089	(0.6)	3,528	3,483	1.3
522	524	(0.4)	1,765	1,746	1.1
631	623	1.3	1,895	1,856	2.1
4,667	4,723	(1.2)	14,748	14,702	0.3

The residential segment consumed 1,776 GWh between July and September 2019, an increase of 2.3% mainly reflecting the 2.0% increase in the number of customers. Average monthly consumption remained stable at 155 kWh/month compared to 3Q18.

Average Consumption (KWh/month)

3Q19 3Q18 Var. %

Residential	155	155	-

In the third quarter of 2019 this segment accounted for 38.1% of captive market consumption, totaling 3,808,092 consumers at the end of September 2019.

The industrial segment recorded a 12.8% drop in 3Q19, totaling 655 GWh, reflecting chiefly the migration of customers to the free market, which would represent an average consumption of approximately 86 GWh in the quarter. At the end of September 2019, the industrial segment accounted for 14.0% of the captive market consumption, totaling 72.171 consumers.

The commercial segment consumed 1,083 GWh in the third quarter of 2019, a reduction of 0.6%. This result was mainly influenced by the migration of customers to the free market and the 13.1% reduction in energy consumption from wholesale activities, which was partially offset by the positive consumption performance of retail activities, with a 4.0% growth in the quarterly comparison. At the end of the third quarter of 2019, this class represented 23.2% of captive market consumption, with 404,704 consumers.

The rural segment recorded a 0.4% reduction in energy consumption in 3Q19, totaling 522 GWh. At the end of September 2019, this segment accounted for 11.2% of captive market consumption, with a total of 350,595 consumers.

Other segments (government, public lighting, public services and our own consumption) totaled 631 GWh consumed between July and September 2019, a growth of 1.3%. Together, these segments account for 13.5% of the captive market consumption, with 58,419 consumers at the end of 3Q19.

Notice to the Market - 25/19

Copel's Consolidated Market

Electricity Supply

Copel's electricity supply - the volume of energy sold to final customers, which comprises sales in Copel Distribuição's captive market and free market sales by Copel Geração e Transmissão and Copel Comercialização - increased by 1.8% between July and September 2019.

The breakdown of energy sales by segment is illustrated below:

Segment	Market			Energy Sold (GWh)
3Q19	3Q18	Var. %	9M19	9M18	Var. %
Residential		1,776	1,736	2.3	5,571	5,413	2.9
	Total	2,325	2,291	1.5	6,695	6,419	4.3
Industrial
Ca pti ve	655	751	(12.8)	1,989	2,204	(9.8)
	Free	1,670	1,540	8.4	4,706	4,215	11.6
	Total	1,204	1,172	2.7	3,897	3,718	4.8
Commercial
Captive	1,083	1,089	(0.6)	3,528	3,483	1.3
	Free	121	83	45.8	369	235	57.2
Rural		522	524	(0.3)	1,765	1,746	1.1
Other		631	623	1.3	1,895	1,856	2.1
Energy Supply		6,458	6,346	1.8	19,823	19,152	3.5

Total Energy Sold

Total energy sold by Copel in all markets, comprising sales by Copel Distribuição, Copel Geração e Transmissão, Wind Farms and Copel Comercialização totaled 12,806 GWh in the third quarter of 2019, an increase of 12.0%.

The following table illustrates the total energy sales by Copel, distributed among Copel Distribuição, Copel Geração e Transmissão, Wind Farms and Copel Comercialização:

Notice to the Market - 25/19

Number of Customers / Agreements

Energy Sold (GWh)

	Sep-19	Sep-18	Var. %
Copel DIS
Captive Market	4,693,981	4,612,383	1.8
Concessionaries and Licensees	2	2	-
CCEE (Assigments MCSD EN)	-	-	-
CCEE (MVE)	19	-	-
CCEE (MCP)	-	-	-
Total Copel DIS	4,694,002	4,612,385	1.8
Copel GeT
CCEAR (Copel DIS)	3	1	200.0
CCEAR (other concessionaries)	101	37	173.0
Free Customers	50	52	(3.8)
Bilateral Agreements (Copel Comercialização)	17	7	142.9
Bilateral Agreements ¹	38	50	(24.0)
CCEE (MCP) ²	-	-	-
Total Copel GeT	209	147	42.2
Wind Farms Complex
CCEAR (Copel DIS)	6	-	-
CCEAR (other concessionaries)	328	112	192.9
CER	10	3	233.3
Total Wind Farm Complex	344	115	199.1
Copel Comercialização
Free Customers	400	290	37.9
Bilateral Agreements (Group Companies)	1	1	-
Bilateral Agreements	127	99	28.3
CCEE (MCP) ²	-	-	-
Total Copel Comercialização	528	390	35.4
Total Copel Consolidated	4,695,083	4,613,037	1.8

3Q19	3Q18	Var. %	9M19	9M18	Var. %
4,667	4,723	(1.2)	14,748.0	14,702	0.3
17	59	(71.2)	145.0	222	(34.7)
304	390	(22.1)	751	1,029	(27.0)
276	-	-	358	-	-
477	449	6.2	1,291.0	764	69.0
5,741	5,621	2.1	17,293.0	16,717	3.4
30	21	42.9	91.0	64	42.2
558	206	170.9	1,646.0	619	165.9
1,081	1,071	0.9	3,084.0	2,941	4.9
1,405	269	422.3	3,757.0	1,631	130.3
1,038	2,071	(49.9)	2,765.0	4,801	(42.4)
-	-	-	629.0	845	(25.6)
4,112	3,638	13.0	11,972.0	10,901	9.8
8	-	-	23	-	-
325	211	54.0	964.0	627	53.7
231	79	192.4	686.0	256	168.0
564	290	94.5	1,673.0	883	89.5
710	552	28.6	1,991.0	1,496	33.1
155	180	(14)	216	180	20
1,506	1,153	30.6	4,037.0	3,022	33.6
18	-	-	43.0	9	377.8
2,389	1,885	26.7	6,287.0	4,707	33.6
12,806	11,434	12.0	37,225.0	33,208	12.1

Note: Not considering the energy from MRE (Energy Relocation Mechanism). ¹ Includes Short Term Sales Agreements.

² Assured Power allocated in the period, after impact of the GSF.

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 22, 2019.

Adriano Rudek de Moura

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer

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