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, 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 2.4% in 2022

Companhia Paranaense de Energia – 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 fourth quarter and in the year 2022, 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, grew 2.4% in electricity consumption in 2022. The billed grid market, which considers offset energy from Mini and Micro Distributed Generation – MMGD, grew 0.8% in the year, considering the Availability Cost^[1].

The volume of offset energy, which is the excess of generation from MMGD compensated in billing, grew 77.8% in 2022, with emphasis on growth in the Residential (94.4%), Industrial (66.0%) and Rural (89.2%) classes. The number of customers joining the MMGD reached reached 213,144 in December 2022, an amount 95% higher than December 2021.

In 4Q22, electricity consumption in the grid market and billed grid market decreased by 0.5% and 2.4%, respectively. The volume of offset energy from MMGD grew 73.6% in the quarter.

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 4Q22 result is due to the consumption of electricity by the following classes:

Captive Market

The captive market grew by 0.3% in electricity consumption in 2022 and decreased by 3.0% in 4Q22. The billed captive market, which considers offset energy from MMGD, decreased by 2.4% in 2022 and 6.4% in 4Q22.

The following graphs show the electricity consumed by class in 2022:

Generation

In 2022, Copel Geração e Transmissão (including energy from HPP Foz do Areia – FDA and SHP Bela Vista – BVE, but excluding TPP Araucária) sold 17,344 GWh of electricity, an increase of 0.1%. In 4Q22, Copel GeT sold 4,334 GWh, a decrease of 0.6%.

For wind farms, the total electricity sold in 2022 was 3,150 GWh, an increase of 34.6%, mainly influenced by the acquisition of the Vilas Wind Complex which, since December 2021, entered the Company's generation portfolio, and by the early entry into commercial operation at Jandaíra. In 4Q22, the volume reached 884 GWh, an increase of 33.8%.

For TPP Araucária, there was no dispatch in 4Q22 (compared to 361 GWh in 4Q21), due to the improvement in hydrological conditions. In the accumulated result for the year, we have a generation of 238 GWh (compared to 2,196 GWh in 2021), an 89.2% reduction.

Trading

Copel Mercado Livre

In 4Q22, Copel Mercado Livre recorded 6,209 GWh of electricity sold, an increase of 3.1%, mainly due to the increase in contracts with free customers. In 2022, Copel Mercado Livre registered 24,816 GWh, an increase of 7.0%.

Copel's Consolidated Market

The total energy sold by Copel, comprising the sales of Copel Distribuição, Copel Geração e Transmissão, Wind Farm Complexes and Copel Mercado Livre in all markets, reached 17,388 GWh in 4Q22, an increase of 3.4%. In the accumulated result for the year, Copel registered 68,781 GWh, an increase of 5.1%.

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

Curitiba, February 3, 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 February 3, 2023

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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