THE AES CORPORATION

POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Paul L. Freedman, Jennifer V. Gillcrist, and Pablo A. Fekete,
signing singly and with full power of substitution, the undersigned?s true and
lawful attorney-in-fact to:
1.	prepare, execute in the undersigned?s name and on the undersigned?s
behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?)
a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary
 or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
 electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the ?Exchange Act?) or any rule or regulation
 of the SEC;
2.	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned?s
 capacity as an officer, director or ten percent stockholder of The AES
 Corporation (the ?Company?), Forms 3, 4, and 5, and Forms 144, including
 any amendments thereto, in accordance with Section 16 of the Exchange Act
 and the rules and regulations thereunder, and Rule 144 under the Securities
 Act of 1933 (the ?Securities Act?);
3.	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
 which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3,
 4, or 5, or Forms 144, including any amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
4.	obtain, as the undersigned?s representative and on the undersigned?s
 behalf, information regarding transactions in the Company?s equity securities
from any third party, including the Company and any brokers, dealers, employee
 benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes
 any such third party to release any such information to the attorney-in-fact;
and
5.	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interests of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall
contain such terms
 and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact?s
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
 necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and
 powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with  full power of substitution or
 revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
 attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact?s substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted.

The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is
the Company assuming, any of the undersigned?s responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
Neither the Company nor the foregoing attorneys-in-fact assume any liability
for the undersigned?s responsibility to comply with the requirements of Section
16 of the Exchange Act or Rule 144 under the Securities Act, any liability of
 the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or any
liability of the undersigned for disgorgement of profits under Section 16(b)
of the Exchange Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no  longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5, and Forms 144
with respect to the undersigned?s holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
 writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. This
Power of Attorney revokes all previous powers of attorney with respect to
the subject matter of this Power of Attorney.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 1st day of February, 2022.

_______________________________
/s/ Juan Ignacio Rubiolo