COPEL Announces 3rd Quarter 2009 Results

CURITIBA, Brazil, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Companhia Paranaense
de Energia - COPEL (NYSE: ELP / LATIBEX: XCOP / BOVESPA: CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6),
a company that generates, transmits, distributes and trades power to the State
of Parana, announces its results for the third quarter of 2009 (3Q09). All
figures in this report are in Brazilian Reais and were prepared in accordance
with Brazilian GAAP.
Copel's consolidated balance sheet presents, in addition to the figures of
the wholly owned subsidiaries (Copel Geracao e Transmissao, Copel Distribuicao
and Copel Telecomunicacoes), those of Compagas, Elejor, UEG Araucaria,
Centrais Eolicas do Parana and Domino Holdings, the latter jointly controlled
with other shareholders.
- Net Operating Revenue: R$ 4,132 million.
- Operating Income: R$ 1,211 million.
- Net Income: R$ 846 million (R$ 3.09 per share).
- EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization):
R$ 1,369 million.
- Return on Shareholder's Equity: 10.7% in the period
- Advance interest on own capital for the year 2009 instead of dividends,
in the gross amount of R$ 168 million, to shareholders in the Company's
records on November 12, 2009, payment will begin on December 7.
- Total power consumption billed by COPEL to captive customers in the
first nine months of 2009 (9M09) rose by 2.2% over 9M08.
- Copel's ratings, according to Fitch, are AA(bra) for the corporate and
the 4th debenture issue.

The Company's shares and main indexes presented the following variations
from January through September 2009:
Ticker Change Price Change Price
CPLE3 (common/ Bovespa) 36.8 30.09 Ibovespa 63.8 61,518
CPLE6 (preferred B/ Bovespa) 30.6 31.35 Dow Jones 10.7 9,712
ELP (ADR/ NYSE) 67.3 17.63 Latibex 72.0 3,033
XCOP (preferred B/ Latibex) 57.9 11.84

Conference Call: 11/13/09
English: 8:30 am (EST)
Dial in access: (1 786) 924-6977
Conference ID: Copel

The conference will be broadcast via the Internet at: www.copel.com/ir

Contact:
Investor Relations - COPEL
Phone: (55 41) 3222-2027
E-mail: ri@copel.com

SOURCE Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL

Investor Relations, COPEL, +011-5541-3222-2027, ri@copel.com