CURITIBA, Brazil, March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Companhia Paranaense de Energia -- COPEL (NYSE: ELP; LATIBEX: XCOP; BOVESPA: CPLE3, CPLE5, CPLE6), company that generates, transmits, and distributes power to the State of Parana, today announces its operating results for 2005. All figures included in this report are in thousands of Reais (R$1,000) and were prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP (corporate law). * Net Operating Revenue: R$4,854 million -- a 23.6% increase compared to the same period of 2004. * Operating Income: R$728 million -- 21.2% higher than the amount recorded in the previous year. * Net Income: R$502 million (R$1.84 per thousand shares), 34.3% higher than the amount recorded in 2004 (R$ 374 million). * Increase in total electric power consumption at COPEL's concession area: 3.6% * EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization): R$1,149 million. * Return on Equity: 10.1% p.a. * As from June 1, 2005, COPEL has no longer been recording provisions for payments under the gas supply contract between COPEL, Petrobras and Compagas, due to its termination. * COPEL's consolidated balance sheet presents, in addition to the wholly-owned subsidiaries' figures (COPEL Geracao, COPEL Transmissao, COPEL Distribuicao, COPEL Telecomunicacoes e COPEL Participacoes), Compagas' and Elejor's figures. The complete version of the press release is available at the Company's Web site: http://www.copel.com/ir . Conference Call in Portuguese: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2 pm -- U.S. EST Phone: (55 11) 2101-1490 Conference code: COPEL IR Team: Ph. (55 41) 3222-2027 / e-mail: DATASOURCE: COPEL CONTACT: COPEL IR Team, +55-41-3222-2027, Web site: http://www.copel.com/ir

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