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Debt (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Schedule of Non-recourse debt [Line Items] |
Schedule of Non-recourse debt [Table Text Block] | During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company’s subsidiaries engaged in the following significant debt transactions:
Subsidiary |  | Issuances |  | Repayments |  | Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt
IPALCO |  | $ | 148 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |  | $ | — |
Other |  | 161 |  |  | 259 |  |  | (2 | )
|  | $ | 309 |  |  | $ | 342 |  |  | $ | (2 | )
Debt In Default | The following table summarizes the Company’s subsidiary non-recourse debt in default as of March 31, 2016 (in millions). Due to the defaults, these amounts are included in the current portion of non-recourse debt:
Subsidiary |  | Primary Nature of Default |  | Debt in Default |  | Net Assets
Maritza (Bulgaria) (1) |  | Covenant |  | $ | 551 |  |  | $ | 719 |
Kavarna (Bulgaria) |  | Covenant |  | 138 |  |  | 83 |
Sogrinsk (Kazakhstan) |  | Covenant |  | 6 |  |  | 8 |
|  |  |  | $ | 695 |  |  |

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