Equity (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2010

				December 31,
				2010		2009		2008

				(in millions)
Net income				$	1,059	$	1,755	$	2,032
	Change in fair value of available-for-sale securities, net of income tax
		(expense) benefit of $3, $(4) and $0, respectively			(5)		6		-
	Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of income tax (expense)
		benefit of $(11), $(78) and $53, respectively			468		742		(1,052)

	Derivative activity:
		Reclassification to earnings, net of income tax (expense)
			of $(30), $(41) and $(19), respectively		91		(141)		90
		Change in derivative fair value, net of income tax (expense) benefit
			of $56, $34 and $(29), respectively		(242)		214		(158)
	Total change in fair value of derivatives				(151)		73		(68)
	Change in unfunded pension obligation, net of income tax benefit
		of $45, $69 and $77, respectively			(88)		(139)		(149)
Other comprehensive income (loss)					224		682		(1,269)
Comprehensive income					1,283		2,437		763
Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests⁽¹⁾					(1,038)		(1,485)		(169)
Comprehensive income attributable to The AES Corporation				$	245	$	952	$	594

Components Of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

	December 31,
	2010		2009

	(in millions)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	$	1,824	$	2,312
Unrealized derivative losses		344		224
Unfunded pension obligation		216		194
Unrealized loss on securities available for sale		(1)		(6)
Total	$	2,383	$	2,724

Schedule Of Net Income Attributable To Parent And Transfers To From Noncontrolling Interests Text Block

			December 31,
			2010		2009

			(in millions)
Net income attributable to The AES Corporation			$	9	$	658
	Transfers (to) from the noncontrolling interests:
		Decrease in The AES Corporation's paid-in capital for purchase of subsidiary shares		(25)		-
	Net transfers (to) from noncontrolling interest			(25)		-
Change from net income attributable to The AES Corporation and transfers (to) from
	noncontrolling interests		$	(16)	$	658

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This label may include the following: 1) the amount of income tax expense or benefit allocated to each component of other comprehensive income, including reclassification adjustments, 2) the reclassification adjustments for each classification of other comprehensive income and 3) the ending accumulated balances for each component of comprehensive income. Components of comprehensive income include: (1) foreign currency translation adjustments; (2) gains and losses on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (3) gains and losses on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (4) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (5) unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (6) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (7) the net gain or loss and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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