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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Non-recourse debt [Table Text Block] | During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company’s subsidiaries had the following significant debt transactions:
Subsidiary |  | Issuances |  | Repayments |  | Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt
Tietê |  | $ | 585 |  |  | $ | (293 | ) |  | $ | (5 | )
IPALCO |  | 532 |  |  | (480 | ) |  | (9 | )
Southland |  | 360 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
AES Argentina |  | 307 |  |  | (181 | ) |  | 65 |
Los Mina |  | 278 |  |  | (259 | ) |  | (4 | )
Gener |  | 243 |  |  | (78 | ) |  | — |
Colon |  | 220 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Eletropaulo |  | 189 |  |  | (147 | ) |  | — |
Other |  | 261 |  |  | (509 | ) |  | (3 | )
Total |  | $ | 2,975 |  |  | $ | (1,947 | ) |  | $ | 44 |
Debt In Default | The current portion of non-recourse debt includes the following subsidiary debt in default as of September 30, 2017 (in millions).
Subsidiary |  | Primary Nature of Default |  | Debt in Default |  | Net Assets
Alto Maipo (Chile) |  | Covenant |  | $ | 623 |  |  | $ | 352 |
AES Puerto Rico |  | Covenant |  | 365 |  |  | 566 |
AES Ilumina |  | Covenant |  | 36 |  |  | 56 |
|  |  |  | $ | 1,024 |  |  |

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