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Held-for-Sale and Dispositions (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
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. In December 2019, the original sales agreement expired, and in April 2020, one of the potential buyers decided to withdraw from the transaction due to the uncertain economic conditions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, the Company continues with an active process to complete the transaction and believes the sale of the plants remains probable. The sale of IPP1, IPP4 and the solar plant is expected to close in the second half of 2020. As of March 31, 2020, 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 March 31, 2020 was $159 million. Pre-tax income attributable to AES was immaterial for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, respectively. Jordan is reported in the Eurasia SBU reportable segment.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of long lived assets held for sale. Disclosure may include the description of the facts and circumstances leading to the expected disposal, manner and timing of disposal, the carrying value of the assets held for sale, the gain (loss) recognized in the income statement and the income statement caption that includes that gain (loss). + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226691&loc=d3e2941-110230 + Details
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