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Debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Non-recourse debt [Table Text Block] | During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company’s subsidiaries had the following significant debt transactions:
Subsidiary |  | Transaction Period |  | Issuances |  | Settlements |  | Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
Southland (1) |  | Q1, Q2, Q3 |  | $ | 535 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Gener (2) |  | Q1, Q2 |  | 550 |  |  | (450 | ) |  | (11 | )
DPL (3) |  | Q2 |  | 825 |  |  | (835 | ) |  | (43 | )
Tietê |  | Q2 |  | 561 |  |  | (533 | ) |  | (3 | )
Mong Duong (4) |  | Q3 |  | 1,120 |  |  | (1,081 | ) |  | (31 | )
Colon |  | Q3 |  | 610 |  |  | (579 | ) |  | (28 | )
Debt In Default | The current portion of non-recourse debt includes the following subsidiary debt in default as of September 30, 2019 (in millions).
Subsidiary |  | Primary Nature of Default |  | Debt in Default |  | Net Assets
AES Puerto Rico |  | Covenant |  | $ | 295 |  |  | $ | 158 |
AES Ilumina (Puerto Rico) |  | Covenant |  | 33 |  |  | 19 |
AES Jordan Solar (1) |  | Covenant |  | 13 |  |  | 3 |
Total |  |  |  | $ | 341 |  |  |

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