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Debt (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Non-recourse debt [Table Text Block] | During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company’s subsidiaries had the following significant debt transactions:
Subsidiary |  | Transaction Period |  | Issuances |  | Repayments |  | Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
Southland |  | Q1, Q2 |  | $ | 402 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Tietê |  | Q1 |  | 385 |  |  | (231 | ) |  | — |
Alto Maipo |  | Q2 |  | 104 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
DPL |  | Q2 |  | — |  |  | (106 | ) |  | (6 | )
Total |  |  |  | $ | 891 |  |  | $ | (337 | ) |  | $ | (6 | )
Debt In Default | The current portion of non-recourse debt includes the following subsidiary debt in default as of June 30, 2018 (in millions).
Subsidiary |  | Primary Nature of Default |  | Debt in Default |  | Net Assets
AES Puerto Rico |  | Covenant |  | $ | 328 |  |  | $ | 129 |
AES Ilumina |  | Covenant |  | 35 |  |  | 17 |
|  |  |  | $ | 363 |  |  |

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