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Debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Debt Tables [Abstract] |
Debt Fair Value By Type Table |
|  | December 31,
|  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  | Carrying |  | Fair |  | Carrying |  | Fair
|  | Amount |  | Value |  | Amount |  | Value
|  | (in millions)
Non-recourse debt |  | $ | 15,535 |  | $ | 15,862 |  | $ | 13,587 |  | $ | 13,857
Recourse debt |  |  | 6,485 |  |  | 6,640 |  |  | 4,612 |  |  | 4,868
Total debt |  | $ | 22,020 |  | $ | 22,502 |  | $ | 18,199 |  | $ | 18,725
Carrying Amount And Terms Of Non-Recourse Debt |
|  |  |  |  |  | December 31,
NON-RECOURSE DEBT |  | Interest Rate(1) |  | Maturity |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  |  |  |  |  |  | (in millions)
VARIABLE RATE:(2) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank loans |  | 2.95% |  | 2012 - 2028 |  | $ | 3,430 |  | $ | 3,052
Notes and bonds |  | 11.70% |  | 2012 - 2040 |  |  | 2,178 |  |  | 2,982
Debt to (or guaranteed by) multilateral, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| export credit agencies or development banks(3) |  | 3.30% |  | 2012 - 2027 |  |  | 1,989 |  |  | 1,848
Other |  | 3.83% |  | 2012 - 2041 |  |  | 321 |  |  | 363
FIXED RATE: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Bank loans |  | 8.24% |  | 2012 - 2023 |  |  | 412 |  |  | 424
Notes and bonds |  | 6.37% |  | 2012 - 2061 |  |  | 6,487 |  |  | 4,269
Debt to (or guaranteed by) multilateral, |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| export credit agencies or development banks(3) |  | 6.57% |  | 2012 - 2027 |  |  | 513 |  |  | 467
Other |  | 11.66% |  | 2012 - 2039 |  |  | 205 |  |  | 182
SUBTOTAL |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 15,535(4) |  | $ | 13,587(4)
Less: Current maturities |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2,123) |  |  | (2,503)
TOTAL |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 13,412 |  | $ | 11,084
Schedule For Maturity For Non-Recourse Debt |
|  |  |  | Annual
| December 31, |  | Maturities
|  |  |  | (in millions)
| 2012 | . |  | $ | 2,123
| 2013 | . |  |  | 1,358
| 2014 | . |  |  | 1,661
| 2015 | . |  |  | 812
| 2016 | . |  |  | 2,260
| Thereafter |  |  | 7,321
| Total non-recourse debt |  | $ | 15,535
Debt In Default Table |
|  |  | Primary Nature |  | December 31, 2011
| Subsidiary |  | of Default |  | Default |  | Net Assets
|  |  |  |  | (in millions)
| Maritza |  | Covenant |  | $ | 905 |  | $ | 204
| Sonel |  | Covenant |  |  | 331 |  |  | 305
| Kelanitissa |  | Covenant |  |  | 16 |  |  | 48
| Total |  |  |  | $ | 1,252 |  |  |
Carrying Amount And Terms Of Recourse Debt |
|  |  |  |  | Final |  | December 31,
RECOURSE DEBT |  | Interest Rate |  | Maturity |  | 2011 |  | 2010
|  |  |  |  |  |  | (in millions)
Senior Secured Term Loan |  | LIBOR + 1.75% |  | 2011 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 200
Senior Unsecured Note |  | 8.875% |  | 2011 |  |  | - |  |  | 129
Senior Unsecured Note |  | 8.375% |  | 2011 |  |  | - |  |  | 134
Senior Unsecured Note |  | 7.75% |  | 2014 |  |  | 500 |  |  | 500
Revolving Loan under Senior Secured Credit Facility(1) |  | LIBOR + 3.00% |  | 2015 |  |  | 295 |  |  | -
Senior Unsecured Note |  | 7.75% |  | 2015 |  |  | 500 |  |  | 500
Senior Unsecured Note |  | 9.75% |  | 2016 |  |  | 535 |  |  | 535
Senior Unsecured Note |  | 8.00% |  | 2017 |  |  | 1,500 |  |  | 1,500
Senior Secured Term Loan |  | LIBOR + 3.25% |  | 2018 |  |  | 1,042 |  |  | -
Senior Unsecured Note |  | 8.00% |  | 2020 |  |  | 625 |  |  | 625
Senior Unsecured Note |  | 7.375% |  | 2021 |  |  | 1,000 |  |  | -
Term Convertible Trust Securities |  | 6.75% |  | 2029 |  |  | 517 |  |  | 517
Unamortized discounts |  |  |  |  |  |  | (29) |  |  | (28)
SUBTOTAL |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 6,485 |  | $ | 4,612
| Less: Current maturities |  |  |  |  |  |  | (305) |  |  | (463)
Total |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 6,180 |  | $ | 4,149
Schedule For Maturity For Recourse Debt |
| December 31, |  | Annual Maturities
|  |  |  | (in millions)
| 2012 | . |  | $ | 305
| 2013 | . |  |  | 11
| 2014 | . |  |  | 509
| 2015 | . |  |  | 511
| 2016 | . |  |  | 523
| Thereafter |  |  | 4,626
| Total recourse debt |  | $ | 6,485

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