Sérgio Moro: By pure coincidence, this past weekend I was in Cascavel, Paraná — which is in western Paraná — a thriving city.
Sérgio Moro: And, that same weekend, several neighborhoods in Cascavel were left without power and there was a significant delay in the restoration of electricity.
Recent news reports documented multimillion losses by agricultural producers in the interior of the State of Paraná, who suffered losses in tilapia and poultry production, amounting to millions of reais, due to power outages and delays in restoration.
Sérgio Moro: Copel defended itself, and the tone of the hearing was absolutely cordial, but we need to confront this problem.
Sérgio Moro: Copel defended itself by pointing to the investments it made over the last year, and, from the presentations it made, there apparently was — based on those numbers — an increase, but it was unanimous, within the public hearing, among all the representatives present, that this investment did not result in an improvement in service quality for the user.