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Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Acquisitions And Dispositions Tables [Abstract] |
Pro Forma Revenue And Net Income Table |
|  |  |  |  | Net Income (Loss)
|  |  |  |  | Attributable to The
|  |  | Revenue |  | AES Corporation
|  |  | (in millions)
| Actual for the three months ended March 31, 2012 |  | $ | 431 |  | $ | 22
| Pro forma for the three months ended March 31, 2012 |  |  | 4,740 |  |  | 351
| Pro forma for the three months ended March 31, 2011 |  |  | 4,623 |  |  | 220

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