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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Earnings Per Share Tables [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share Basic And Diluted Table |
|  |  |  | December 31, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011 |  | December 31, 2010
|  |  |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share |  | Income |  | Shares |  | $ per Share
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Income (loss) from continuing operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | attributable to The AES Corporation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | common stockholders |  | $ | (915) |  | 755 |  | $ | (1.21) |  | $ | 492 |  | 778 |  | $ | 0.63 |  | $ | 496 |  | 769 |  | $ | 0.64
EFFECT OF DILUTIVE SECURITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Convertible securities |  |  | - |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | - |  |  | -
| Stock options |  |  | - |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | 2 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | 2 |  |  | -
| Restricted stock units |  |  | - |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | 3 |  |  | - |  |  | - |  | 3 |  |  | -
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE |  | $ | (915) |  | 755 |  | $ | (1.21) |  | $ | 492 |  | 783 |  | $ | 0.63 |  | $ | 496 |  | 774 |  | $ | 0.64

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