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Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2025	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	$ 65		$ 52
Accounts and Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss	109	$ 68	96	$ 64
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	13	6
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff		1
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery		(2)
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Foreign Currency Translation		(1)
Accounts Receivable
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	65	19	52	15
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	13	4
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff		1
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery		(1)
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Foreign Currency Translation		0
Mong Duong Subsidiary [Member]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	23	25	23	26
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	0	0
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff		0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery		(1)
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Foreign Currency Translation		0
AES Argentina [Member]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	5	6	5	7
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	0	0
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff		0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery		0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Foreign Currency Translation		(1)
Other Entity [Member]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Roll Forward]
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Current	16	18	$ 16	$ 16
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Period Increase (Decrease)	$ 0	2
Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Writeoff		0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Recovery		0
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Foreign Currency Translation		$ 0

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- Definition

Amount of allowance for credit loss of accounts and financing receivables. Includes, but is not limited to, notes and loan receivable.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 310
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Publisher FASB
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Amount of allowance for credit loss on accounts receivable, classified as current.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 210
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Amount of increase (decrease) in allowance for credit loss on accounts receivable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 326
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Amount of increase in allowance for credit loss on accounts receivable, from recovery.

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Amount of direct write-downs of accounts receivable charged against the allowance.

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Amount of foreign currency translation gain (loss) which decreases (increases) allowance for credit loss on financing receivable. Excludes net investment in lease.

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