Investments In and Advances To Affiliates (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Equity Ownership Interest And Carrying Values Of Investments Accounted For Under The Equity Method

The following table summarizes the relevant effective equity ownership interest and carrying values for the Company's investments accounted for under the equity method as of the periods indicated:



December 31,		2019		2018		2019		2018
Affiliate	Country	Carrying Value (in millions)				Ownership Interest %
sPower	United States	$	442	$	515	50	%	50	%
OPGC	India	212		293		49	%	49	%
Guacolda ⁽¹⁾	Chile	74		209		33	%	33	%
Uplight ⁽²⁾	United States	91		33		32	%	63	%
Eólica Mesa La Paz ⁽³⁾	Mexico	66		8		50	%	50	%
Gas Natural del Este	Dominican Republic	48		—		43	%	—	%
Barry ⁽⁴⁾	United Kingdom	—		—		100	%	100	%
Other affiliates ⁽⁵⁾	Various	33		56
Total		$	966	$	1,114

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⁽¹⁾	The Company's ownership in Guacolda is held through AES Gener, a 67%-owned consolidated subsidiary. AES Gener owns 50% of Guacolda, resulting in an AES effective ownership in Guacolda of 33%.


⁽²⁾	Simple Energy merged with Tendril on July 1, 2019 to form Uplight. Prior year information reported relates to Simple Energy.


⁽³⁾	The Eólica Mesa La Paz project received funding throughout 2019 and began operations during December 2019.


⁽⁴⁾	Represents a VIE in which the Company holds a variable interest, but is not the primary beneficiary.

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Includes Bosforo, Fluence, Distributed Energy equity method investments, and others.

Investments In and Advances to Affiliates Financial Information

The following tables summarize financial information of the Company's 50%-or-less-owned affiliates and majority-owned unconsolidated subsidiaries that are accounted for using the equity method (in millions):



	50%-or-less Owned Affiliates							Majority-Owned Unconsolidated Subsidiaries
Years ended December 31,	2019			2018		2017		2019			2018			2017
Revenue	$	1,122		$	962	$	762	$	49		$	40		$	16
Operating margin (loss)	124			135		165		(5		)	3			5
Net income (loss)	(724		)	14		72		(7		)	(3		)	(15		)

December 31,	2019			2018				2019			2018
Current assets	$	831		$	558			$	166		$	89
Noncurrent assets	7,220			5,918				982			41
Current liabilities	1,271			546				141			35
Noncurrent liabilities	3,966			3,309				1,052			122
Stockholders' equity	2,814			2,622				(45		)	(27		)