Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Revenue:
Regulated	$ 1,776	$ 2,080
Non-Regulated	1,695	1,904
Total revenue	3,471	3,984
Cost of Sales:
Regulated	(1,672)	(1,807)
Non-Regulated	(1,295)	(1,456)
Total cost of sales	(2,967)	(3,263)
Operating margin	504	721
General and administrative expenses	(48)	(55)
Interest expense	(364)	(363)
Interest income	130	90
Gain (loss) on extinguishment of debt	4	(23)
Other expense	(8)	(20)
Other income	13	15
Gain on sale of businesses	47	1
Asset impairment expense	(159)	(8)
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses)	43	(23)
Other non-operating expense	(2)	0
INCOME FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE TAXES AND EQUITY IN EARNINGS OF AFFILIATES	160	335
Income tax expense	(92)	(96)
Net equity in earnings of affiliates	6	15
NET INCOME	74	254
Less: Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests	52	(112)
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AES CORPORATION	$ 126	$ 142
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE:
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AES CORPORATION COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$ 0.19	$ 0.20
DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE:
NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE AES CORPORATION COMMON STOCKHOLDERS	$ 0.19	$ 0.20
DILUTED SHARES OUTSTANDING (in shares)	663	706
DIVIDENDS DECLARED PER COMMON SHARE (in dollars per share)	$ 0.11	$ 0.00