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Held-for-Sale and Dispositions (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2020
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block] | Pre-tax income attributable to AES of businesses held-for-sale was as follows:
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in millions) | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Itabo | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 23 |
Jordan | 5 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 13 |
Total | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 36 |

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