Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL engages in the generation transformation distribution and trading of energy to industrial residential commercial rural and other customers primarily in the State of Parana Brazil The company operates through Power generation and transmission Power distribution Gas and Power sale segments It is also involved in the piped natural gas distribution As of December 31 2021 the company operated 20 hydroelectric plants 30 wind plants and 1 thermoelectric plant with a total installed capacity of 5957 megawatts and owned and operated 3638 km of transmission lines and 204957 km of distribution lines It holds concessions to distribute electricity in 394 municipalities in the State of Parana and in the municipality of Porto Uniao in the State of Santa Catarina Companhia Paranaense de Energia COPEL was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Curitiba Brazil