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<CONFORMED-NAME>AES CORPORATION
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<STREET1>1001 N 19TH ST
<STREET2>STE 2000
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<TITLE>AES 8-K</TITLE>
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<P align=center>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
  WASHINGTON, D.C.20549<BR>
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  FORM 8-K<BR>
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  CURRENT REPORT<BR>
  PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF<BR>
  THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934<BR>
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  Date of Report (date of earliest event reported):<BR>
  November 4, 2002<BR>
  <BR>
  THE AES CORPORATION<BR>
  (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)<BR>
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        <TD vAlign=top align=middle width=288>DELAWARE<BR>
        <font size="2">(State of Incorporation)</font></TD>

      <TD vAlign=top align=center width=340>333-15487<BR>
        <font size="2">(Commission File No.)</font></TD>
        <TD vAlign=top align=middle width=238>54-1163725<BR>
        <font size="2">(IRS Employer Identification No.)</font></TD>
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<P align=center>1001 North 19th Street, Suite 2000<BR>
  Arlington, Virginia 22209<BR>
  (Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</P>
<P align=center>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code:<BR>
  (703) 522-1315</P>
<P align=center>NOT APPLICABLE<BR>
  (Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)</P>
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size=4>Item 5. Other Events </FONT></td>
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    <td><FONT
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size=4>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On November
      4, 2002, The AES Corporation (the &#147;registrant&#148;) issued the press
      release attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and incorporated herein
      by reference.</FONT></td>
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      <TD colSpan=5> <DIV align=center><B>SIGNATURES</B></DIV></TD>
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      <TD colSpan=5><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=4>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
        hereunto duly authorized.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colSpan=3>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD colSpan=2>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colSpan=3>THE AES CORPORATION</TD>
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    <TD width=414><FONT face="Times New Roman, Times, serif" size=4>Date: November
      4, 2002</FONT></TD>
      <TD width=68>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width=34>By:</TD>
      <TD width=14>&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD width=347>/s/ Brian Miller</TD>
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    <TD>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Brian Miller</TD>
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    <TD>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="4" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">&nbsp;
      </font>&nbsp;Corporate Secretary</TD>
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<p align=right><font size="3" face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Exhibit 99.1</font></p>
<p align=center><strong>THE AES CORPORATION WAIVES EARLY TENDER DATE</strong></p>
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<strong>ARLINGTON, VA, November 4, 2002</strong> &#151; </font> The AES Corporation
(NYSE: AES) announced today that it had waived the deadline by which holders of
its outstanding $300,000,000 8.75% Senior Notes due 2002 (&#8220;2002 Notes&#8221;)
and $200,000,000 7.375% Remarketable and Redeemable Securities due 2013, which
are puttable in 2003 (&#8220;ROARs&#8221;), must tender in order to be eligible
to receive the early tender bonus payment. Holders that tender on or prior to
5:00 p.m., New York City time, on November 8, 2002, the exchange offer expiration
date, and do not withdraw such securities will, if the exchange offer is consummated,
be entitled to such early tender bonus payment in the amount of $15 for each $1,000
principal amount of 2002 Notes tendered and $5 for each $1,000 principal amount
of ROARs tendered. Consummation of the exchange offer is subject to a number of
significant conditions.<p></p>
<p>The offering of the new senior secured notes in the exchange offer is being made
only to &#8220;qualified institutional buyers&#8221; and &#8220;persons other
than a U.S. person&#8221; located outside the United States, as such terms are
defined in accordance with Rule 144A and Regulation S of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.</p>
<p>The new senior secured notes will not be registered under the Securities Act of
1933, or any state securities laws. Therefore, the new senior secured notes may
not be offered or sold in the United States absent an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and any applicable state securities
laws. This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer
to buy the new notes.</p>
<p>CONTACT: Kenneth R. Woodcock, 703-522-1315</p>
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