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Investments In and Advances To Affiliates (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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 the periods indicated:

December 31,			2017				2016				2017			2016
Affiliate	Country		Carrying Value (in millions)								Ownership Interest %
sPower	United States		$	508			$	—			50	%		—	%
Guacolda (1)	Chile		357				362				33	%		33	%
OPGC (2)	India		269				195				49	%		49	%
Elsta (3)	Netherlands		38				41				50	%		50	%
Equity method investments of Distributed Energy (3)	United States		15				22				95	%		95	%
Barry (3)	United Kingdom		—				—				100	%		100	%
Other affiliates	Various		10				1
Total			$	1,197			$	621

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⁽¹⁾  The Company's ownership in Guacolda is held through AES Gener, a 67%-owned consolidated subsidiary. AES Gener owns 50% of Guacolda, resulting in an AES effective ownership in Guacolda of 33%.

⁽²⁾  OPGC has one coal-fired project under development which is an expansion of our existing OPGC business. The project started construction in April 2014 and is expected to begin operations in 2019.

⁽³⁾  Represent VIEs in which the Company holds a variable interest, but is not the primary beneficiary.

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 (in millions):

	50%-or-less Owned Affiliates												Majority-Owned Unconsolidated Subsidiaries
Years ended December 31,	2017				2016				2015				2017				2016				2015
Revenue	$	762			$	586			$	641			$	16			$	23			$	24
Operating margin	165				145				152				5				9				11
Net income (loss)	72				64				210				(15		)		(2		)		6
December 31,	2017				2016								2017				2016
Current assets	$	418			$	308							$	70			$	16
Noncurrent assets	5,372				2,577								102				181
Current liabilities	633				626								10				10
Noncurrent liabilities	2,629				1,209								147				122
Stockholders' equity	2,527				1,048								15				65

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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.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 323
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