Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Southland Energy — On November 3, 2022, the Company signed an agreement to sell an additional 14.9% of its ownership interest in the Southland repowering assets (“Southland Energy”). Once this sale is completed, AES will hold 50.1% of Southland Energy’s interest. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2022 and is expected to be accounted for as an equity transaction, with no gain or loss recognized in the financial statements. Southland Energy is expected to continue being consolidated by the Company within the US and Utilities SBU reportable segment.

The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6842918&loc=SL6314017-165662

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