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Investments In and Advances To Affiliates (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Equity Ownership Interest And Carrying Values Of Investments Accounted For Under The Equity Method | The following table summarizes the relevant effective equity ownership interest and carrying values for the Company’s investments accounted for under the equity method as of December 31, 2013 and 2012.
|  |  | December 31,
|  |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Affiliate | Country |  | Carrying Value (in millions) |  | Ownership Interest %
Silver Ridge Power (1) | Various |  | $ | 291 |  |  | $ | 307 |  |  | 50 | % |  | 50 | %
Barry(2) | United Kingdom |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | %
CET(2)(3) | Brazil |  | — |  |  | 13 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 72 | %
Chigen affiliates (4) | China |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 35 | %
Elsta(2)(5) | Netherlands |  | 120 |  |  | 219 |  |  | 50 | % |  | 50 | %
Entek | Turkey |  | 165 |  |  | 234 |  |  | 50 | % |  | 50 | %
Guacolda | Chile |  | 245 |  |  | 196 |  |  | 35 | % |  | 35 | %
OPGC | India |  | 186 |  |  | 199 |  |  | 49 | % |  | 49 | %
Trinidad Generation Unlimited(2)(6) | Trinidad |  | — |  |  | 24 |  |  | N/A |  |  | 10 | %
Other affiliates | Various |  | 3 |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |
Total investments in and advances to affiliates |  |  | $ | 1,010 |  |  | $ | 1,196 |  |  |  |  |
(1) | Represent our investments in AES Solar Energy Ltd in Europe, AES Solar Power LLC in the United States and AES Solar Power, PR, LLC in Puerto Rico. The collective solar energy affiliates were consolidated into a single entity, Silver Ridge Power, during 2013.
(2) | Represent VIEs in which the Company holds a variable interest, but is not the primary beneficiary.
(3) | The Company acquired all of the noncontrolling interests of CET during the fourth quarter of 2013, which resulted in the consolidation of this entity.
(4) | Represent our investment in Chengdu AES Kaihua Gas Turbine Company Ltd. The Company disposed of this investment during the first quarter of 2013.
(5) | The Company recognized a $129 million impairment of its investment in Elsta during 2013. For additional information see Note 9 — Other Non-Operating Expense.
(6) | The Company sold its interest in Trinidad Generation Unlimited during the third quarter of 2013.
Investments In and Advances to Affiliates Financial Information | The following tables summarize financial information of the Company’s 50%-or-less owned affiliates and majority-owned unconsolidated subsidiaries that are accounted for using the equity method.
| 50%-or-less Owned Affiliates |  | Majority-Owned Unconsolidated Subsidiaries
Years ended December 31, | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
| (in millions) |  | (in millions)
Revenue | $ | 1,099 |  |  | $ | 1,868 |  |  | $ | 1,668 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 106 |  |  | $ | 24 |
Operating margin | 295 |  |  | 355 |  |  | 258 |  |  | — |  |  | 26 |  |  | 24 |
Net income (loss) | 53 |  |  | 146 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | — |  |  | (5 | ) |  | (5 | )
December 31, | 2013 |  | 2012 |  |  |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  |
| (in millions) |  |  |  | (in millions) |  |
Current assets | $ | 842 |  |  | $ | 1,097 |  |  |  |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  |
Noncurrent assets | 3,722 |  |  | 5,253 |  |  |  |  | 20 |  |  | 38 |  |  |
Current liabilities | 600 |  |  | 680 |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  | 55 |  |  |
Noncurrent liabilities | 2,096 |  |  | 2,899 |  |  |  |  | 75 |  |  | 20 |  |  |
Noncontrolling interests | 15 |  |  | (228 | ) |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  |
Stockholders’ equity | 1,853 |  |  | 2,999 |  |  |  |  | (55 | ) |  | (35 | ) |  |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of equity method investments including, but not limited to, name of each investee or group of investments, percentage ownership, difference between recorded amount of an investment and the value of the underlying equity in the net assets, and summarized financial information. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 323 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6382943&loc=d3e33918-111571 + Details
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