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Exhibit 32.2


CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC FINANCIAL REPORTS

        I, Victoria D. Harker, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of The AES Corporation, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

August 7, 2008

    /s/ VICTORIA D. HARKER

Name: Victoria D. Harker
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



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