Discontinued Operations and Held for sale businesses (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]

Disclosure of Long Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Table Text Block]

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Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the major line items constituting income from discontinued operationsfor the three months ended March 31, 2017 (in millions):

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax:	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
Revenue — regulated	$	919
Cost of sales	(874		)
Other income and expense items that are not major	(42		)
Income from discontinued operations	3
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(1		)
Income from discontinued operations attributable to The AES Corporation	2
Income tax expense	(2		)
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	—

The following table summarizes the operating and investing cash flows from discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2017 (in millions):

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2017
Cash flows provided by operating activities of discontinued operations	$	168
Cash flows used in investing activities of discontinued operations	(127		)

Excluding any impairment charges or gain/loss on sale, pre-tax income attributable to AES of disposed businesses was as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2018		2017
Masinloc	$	9	$	23
DPL Peaker Assets	7		—
Total	$	16	$	23