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Held-for-Sale and Dispositions (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Pre-tax income of disposed businesses, Excluding gain (loss) on disposal and impairments, included in continuing operations [Table Text Block] | Excluding any impairment charges or gain/loss on sale, pre-tax income (loss) attributable to AES of disposed businesses was as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions) | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Kilroot and Ballylumford | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 19 |
Stuart and Killen (1) | (1 | ) |  | 8 |  |  | 30 |  |  | 38 |
Other | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | 33 |
Total | $ | (1 | ) |  | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 25 |  |  | $ | 90 |
Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block] | Held-for-Sale Jordan — In February 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to sell its 36% ownership interest in two generation plants, IPP1 and IPP4, and a solar plant in Jordan for $86 million, subject to customary post-closing adjustments, plus capital contributions to the solar project of approximately $5 million. The sale of IPP1 and IPP4 is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2019 and the sale of the solar plant is expected to close in the first quarter of 2020. As of September 30, 2019, the generation plants and solar plant were classified as held-for-sale, but did not meet the criteria to be reported as discontinued operations. On a consolidated basis, the carrying value of the plants held-for-sale as of September 30, 2019 was $131 million. Pre-tax income attributable to AES was $13 million and $8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2018, respectively. Jordan is reported in the Eurasia SBU reportable segment. Redondo Beach — In October 2018, the Company entered into an agreement to sell land held by AES Redondo Beach, a gas-fired generating facility in California. The sale is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2020. As of September 30, 2019, the $24 million carrying value of the land held by Redondo Beach was classified as held-for-sale. Redondo Beach is reported in the US and Utilities SBU reportable segment.

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