Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents	$ 1,572,000,000	$ 2,003,000,000
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents	1,029,000,000	1,166,000,000
Restricted cash	336,000,000	370,000,000
Short-term investments	400,000,000	313,000,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $20 and $23, respectively	1,479,000,000	1,595,000,000
Inventory	487,000,000	577,000,000
Prepaid expenses	80,000,000	130,000,000
Other current assets	802,000,000	807,000,000
Current held-for-sale assets	618,000,000	57,000,000
Total current assets	5,231,000,000	5,015,000,000
Property, Plant and Equipment:
Land	447,000,000	449,000,000
Electric generation, distribution assets and other	25,383,000,000	25,242,000,000
Accumulated depreciation	(8,505,000,000)	(8,227,000,000)
Construction in progress	5,249,000,000	3,932,000,000
Property, plant and equipment, net	22,574,000,000	21,396,000,000
Other Assets:
Investments in and advances to affiliates	966,000,000	1,114,000,000
Debt service reserves and other deposits	207,000,000	467,000,000
Goodwill	1,059,000,000	1,059,000,000
Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $307 and $457, respectively	469,000,000	436,000,000
Deferred income taxes	156,000,000	97,000,000
Service concession assets, net of accumulated amortization of $0 and $0, respectively		0
Financing Receivable, before Allowance for Credit Loss, Noncurrent	1,351,000,000	1,423,000,000
Other noncurrent assets	1,635,000,000	1,514,000,000
Total other assets	5,843,000,000	6,110,000,000
TOTAL ASSETS	33,648,000,000	32,521,000,000
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable	1,311,000,000	1,329,000,000
Accrued interest	201,000,000	191,000,000
Accrual for Taxes Other than Income Taxes, Current	253,000,000	250,000,000
Accrued and other liabilities	1,021,000,000	962,000,000
Non-recourse debt, including $337 and $479, respectively, related to variable interest entities	1,868,000,000	1,659,000,000
Current held-for-sale liabilities	442,000,000	8,000,000
Total current liabilities	5,096,000,000	4,399,000,000
NONCURRENT LIABILITIES
Non-recourse debt, including $3,872 and $2,922 respectively, related to variable interest entities	14,914,000,000	13,986,000,000
Recourse debt	3,391,000,000	3,650,000,000
Deferred income taxes	1,213,000,000	1,280,000,000
Other noncurrent liabilities	2,917,000,000	2,723,000,000
Total noncurrent liabilities	22,435,000,000	21,639,000,000
Commitments and Contingencies (see Notes 12 and 13)
Redeemable stock of subsidiaries	888,000,000	879,000,000
THE AES CORPORATION STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common stock ($0.01 par value, 1,200,000,000 shares authorized; 817,843,916 issued and 663,952,656 outstanding at December 31, 2019 and 817,203,691 issued and 662,298,096 outstanding at December 31, 2018)	8,000,000	8,000,000
Additional paid-in capital	7,776,000,000	8,154,000,000
Accumulated deficit	(692,000,000)	(1,005,000,000)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(2,229,000,000)	(2,071,000,000)
Treasury stock, at cost (153,891,260 and 154,905,595 shares at December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)	(1,867,000,000)	(1,878,000,000)
Total AES Corporation stockholders’ equity	2,996,000,000	3,208,000,000
NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS	2,233,000,000	2,396,000,000
Total equity	5,229,000,000	5,604,000,000
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 33,648,000,000	$ 32,521,000,000