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Debt (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Debt In Default Table | The following table summarizes the Company’s subsidiary non-recourse debt in default or accelerated as of the period indicated. The debt is classified as current non-recourse debt unless otherwise indicated:
|  | Primary Nature of Default |  | March 31, 2014
Subsidiary |  | Default Amount |  | Net Assets
|  |  |  | (in millions)
Maritza |  | Covenant |  | $ | 820 |  |  | $ | 743 |
Kavarna |  | Covenant |  | 197 |  |  | 91 |
|  |  |  | $ | 1,017 |  |  |

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