Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Revenue:
Regulated	$ 2,008	$ 2,116	$ 4,088	$ 4,258
Non-Regulated	1,850	2,195	3,754	4,315
Total revenue	3,858	4,311	7,842	8,573
Cost of Sales:
Regulated	(1,634)	(1,844)	(3,441)	(3,776)
Non-Regulated	(1,470)	(1,648)	(2,926)	(3,184)
Total cost of sales	(3,104)	(3,492)	(6,367)	(6,960)
Operating margin	754	819	1,475	1,613
General and administrative expenses	(50)	(52)	(105)	(103)
Interest expense	(310)	(323)	(673)	(696)
Interest income	133	73	223	136
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(122)	(15)	(145)	(149)
Other expense	(14)	(17)	(34)	(25)
Other income	15	33	31	45
Goodwill impairment expense	0	0	0	(154)
Asset impairment expense	(37)	(63)	(45)	(75)
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses)	15	7	(8)	(12)
Other non-operating expense	0	(44)	0	(44)
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES AND EQUITY IN EARNINGS OF AFFILIATES	384	418	719	536
Income tax expense	(120)	(157)	(216)	(211)
Net equity in earnings of affiliates	0	20	15	45
INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS	264	281	518	370
Income from operations of discontinued businesses, net of income tax expense of $0, $8, $0 and $22, respectively	0	7	0	27	[1]
Net loss from disposal and impairments of discontinued businesses, net of income tax expense (benefit) of $0, $5, $0 and $4, respectively	0	(13)	0	(56)	[1]
NET INCOME	264	275	518	341
Noncontrolling interests:
Less: (Income) from continuing operations attributable to noncontrolling interests	(195)	(139)	(307)	(275)
Less: (Income) loss from discontinued operations attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	(3)	0	9
Total net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(195)	(142)	(307)	(266)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AES CORPORATION	69	133	211	75
AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AES CORPORATION COMMON STOCKHOLDERS:
Income from continuing operations, net of tax	69	142	211	95
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	0	(9)	0	(20)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AES CORPORATION	69	$ 133	211	75
Treasury Stock, Value, Acquired, Cost Method	$ 271		$ 307	$ 32
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE:
Income from continuing operations attributable to The AES Corporation common stockholders, net of tax	$ 0.10	$ 0.20	$ 0.30	$ 0.13
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to The AES Corporation common stockholders, net of tax	0.00	(0.02)	0.00	(0.03)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AES CORPORATION COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	0.10	0.18	0.30	0.10
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE:
Income from continuing operations attributable to The AES Corporation common stockholders, net of tax	0.10	0.20	0.30	0.13
Loss from discontinued operations attributable to The AES Corporation common stockholders, net of tax	0.00	(0.02)	0.00	(0.03)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AES CORPORATION COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$ 0.10	$ 0.18	$ 0.30	$ 0.10
DILUTED SHARES OUTSTANDING (in shares)	695	728	701	728
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER COMMON SHARE (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10	$ 0.05	$ 0.10	$ 0.05

[1] Three Months Ended June 30, Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 2014 2015 2014 (in millions)Revenue$— $104 $— $233Income from operations of discontinued businesses, before income tax$— $15 $— $49Income tax expense— (8) — (22)Income from operations of discontinued businesses, after income tax$— $7 $— $27Net loss from disposal & impairments of discontinued businesses, after income tax$— $(13) $— $(56)