Acquisitions and Dispositions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Acquisitions And Dispositions Tables [Abstract]

Schedule of Purchase Price Allocation [Table Text Block]

		Preliminary		Adjustments		Final
Cash		$	116	$	-	$	116
Accounts receivable			278		-		278
Inventory			124		-		124
Other current assets			41		-		41
Property, plant and equipment			2,549		(71)(1)		2,478
Intangible assets subject to amortization			166		(19)(2)		147
Intangible assets - indefinite-lived			5		-		5
Regulatory assets			201		16(3)		217
Other noncurrent assets			58		-		58
Current liabilities			(401)		(5)		(406)
Non-recourse debt			(1,255)		-		(1,255)
Deferred income taxes			(558)		7(4)		(551)
Regulatory liabilities			(117)		-		(117)
Other noncurrent liabilities			(195)		(15)(5)		(210)
Redeemable preferred stock			(18)		-		(18)
	Net identifiable assets acquired		994		(87)		907
Goodwill			2,489		87(6)		2,576
	Net assets acquired	$	3,483	$	-		3,483

Pro Forma Revenue And Net Income Table

			Net Income (Loss)
			Attributable to The
	Revenue		AES Corporation
	(in millions)
Actual for the three months ended September 30, 2012	$	472	$	(1,802)
Actual for the nine months ended September 30, 2012		1,288		(1,775)
Pro forma for the three months ended September 30, 2011		4,820		(69)
Pro forma for the nine months ended September 30, 2011		14,309		336