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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Earnings Per Share Tables [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted Table |
|  |  |  | Three Months Ended June 30,
|  |  |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share
|  |  |  | (in millions except per share data)
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Income from continuing operations attributable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to The AES Corporation common stockholders |  | $ | 69 |  | 764 |  | $ | 0.09 |  | $ | 191 |  | 782 |  | $ | 0.24
EFFECT OF DILUTIVE SECURITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Stock options |  |  | - |  | 1 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | 2 |  |  | -
| Restricted stock units |  |  | - |  | 3 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | 3 |  |  | -
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE |  | $ | 69 |  | 768 |  | $ | 0.09 |  | $ | 191 |  | 787 |  | $ | 0.24
|  |  |  | Six Months Ended June 30,
|  |  |  | 2012 |  | 2011
|  |  |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share
|  |  |  | (in millions except per share data)
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Income from continuing operations attributable |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | to The AES Corporation common stockholders |  | $ | 414 |  | 765 |  | $ | 0.54 |  | $ | 428 |  | 785 |  | $ | 0.54
EFFECT OF DILUTIVE SECURITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Stock options |  |  | - |  | 1 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | 2 |  |  | -
| Restricted stock units |  |  | - |  | 3 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | 3 |  |  | (0.01)
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE |  | $ | 414 |  | 769 |  | $ | 0.54 |  | $ | 428 |  | 790 |  | $ | 0.53

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