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Debt - Recourse Debt (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Jun. 30, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Feb. 28, 2014
Mar. 07, 2014
Apr. 30, 2015
Apr. 06, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                
Loss on extinguishment of debt $ 23,000,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt $ 134,000,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt            
Recourse Debt [Member] | 5.50% Senior Notes Due 2024 [Member]                
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                
Interest rate on senior notes           5.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= aes_FivePointFiveZeroPercentSeniorNotesDue2024Member
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= aes_RecourseDebtMember
   
Issued senior notes           750,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= aes_FivePointFiveZeroPercentSeniorNotesDue2024Member
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= aes_RecourseDebtMember
   
Recourse Debt [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]                
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                
Loss on extinguishment of debt     (82,000,000)us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
/ us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis
= us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
         
Recourse Debt [Member] | 7.75% Senior Notes Due 2015 [Member]                
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                
Redeemed notes       151,000,000us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aes_A7.75SeniorNotesDue2015Member
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= aes_RecourseDebtMember
       
Interest rate on senior notes 7.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= aes_A7.75SeniorNotesDue2015Member
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
    7.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= aes_A7.75SeniorNotesDue2015Member
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= aes_RecourseDebtMember
       
Recourse Debt [Member] | 9.75% Senior Notes Due 2016 [Member] [Domain]                
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                
Redeemed notes       164,000,000us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aes_A9.75SeniorNotesDue2016MemberDomain
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
       
Interest rate on senior notes 9.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aes_A9.75SeniorNotesDue2016MemberDomain
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
    9.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aes_A9.75SeniorNotesDue2016MemberDomain
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
       
Recourse Debt [Member] | 7.75% Senior Notes Due 2014 [Member]                
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                
Redeemed notes         110,000,000us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aes_A7.75SeniorNotesDue2014Member
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
     
Interest rate on senior notes         7.75%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aes_A7.75SeniorNotesDue2014Member
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
     
Recourse Debt [Member] | 8.0% Senior Notes Due 2017 [Member]                
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                
Redeemed notes           625,000,000us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aes_A8.0SeniorNotesDue2017Member
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
   
Interest rate on senior notes           8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= aes_A8.0SeniorNotesDue2017Member
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
   
Loss on extinguishment of debt           132,000,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
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= aes_A8.0SeniorNotesDue2017Member
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
= aes_RecourseDebtMember
   
Recourse Debt [Member] | 8.0% Senior Notes Due 2017 [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]                
Debt Instrument [Line Items]                
Redeemed notes             $ 344,000,000us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAmount
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Interest rate on senior notes               8.00%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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= aes_A8.0SeniorNotesDue2017Member
/ us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis
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