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Equity (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Equity [Abstract] |
Components Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | The following table summarizes the changes in AOCL by component, net of tax and NCI, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 (in millions):
| Foreign currency translation adjustments, net |  | Change in fair value of derivatives, net |  | Pension adjustments, net |  | Change in fair value option liabilities, net |  | Total
Balance at the beginning of the period | $ | (1,282) |  |  | $ | 537 |  |  | $ | (24) |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | (766) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | 89 |  |  | (117) |  |  | (4) |  |  | — |  |  | (32) |
Amount reclassified to earnings | — |  |  | (10) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (10) |
Other comprehensive income (loss) | 89 |  |  | (127) |  |  | (4) |  |  | — |  |  | (42) |
Reclassification from NCI due to share sales and repurchases | — |  |  | (17) |  |  | 8 |  |  | — |  |  | (9) |
Balance at the end of the period | $ | (1,193) |  |  | $ | 393 |  |  | $ | (20) |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | (817) |
Schedule Of Amounts Reclassified Out Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | Reclassifications out of AOCL are presented in the following table. The Company’s accounting policy for releasing the income tax effects from AOCL occurs on a portfolio basis. Amounts for the periods indicated are in millions and those in parentheses indicate debits to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations:
AOCL Components |  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Change in fair value of derivatives, net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Non-regulated cost of sales |  | $ | (4) |  |  | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | (2) |  |  | $ | (2) |
|  | Interest expense |  | 2 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 12 |  |  | (27) |
|  | Foreign currency transaction gains (losses) |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 6 |  |  | 3 |
|  | Income (loss) from continuing operations before taxes and equity in earnings of affiliates |  | (1) |  |  | 3 |  |  | 16 |  |  | (26) |
|  | Income tax benefit (expense) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (12) |  |  | 7 |
|  | Net equity in earnings (losses) of affiliates |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1 |
|  | Net income (loss) |  | 1 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 6 |  |  | (18) |
|  | Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests and redeemable stock of subsidiaries |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4 |  |  | 4 |
|  | Net income (loss) attributable to The AES Corporation |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |  | $ | 10 |  |  | $ | (14) |
Schedule of Net Income Attributable to Parent and Transfers To From Noncontrolling Interests | The following table summarizes the net income (loss) attributable to The AES Corporation and all transfers (to) from noncontrolling interests for the periods indicated (in millions):
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
|  | 2025 |  | 2024
Net income attributable to The AES Corporation |  | $ | 590 |  |  | $ | 1,212 |
Transfers (to) from noncontrolling interest: |  |  |  |
Increase (decrease) in The AES Corporation's paid-in capital for sale of subsidiary shares |  | 180 |  |  | (15) |
Additional paid-in capital transferred to redeemable stock of subsidiaries (1) |  | (188) |  |  | — |
Decrease in The AES Corporation's paid-in capital for acquisition of subsidiary shares |  | (62) |  |  | 2 |
Net transfers to noncontrolling interest |  | (70) |  |  | (13) |
Change from net income attributable to The AES Corporation and transfers (to) from noncontrolling interests |  | $ | 520 |  |  | $ | 1,199 |

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