The AES Corporation

The AES Corporation operates as a diversified power generation and utility company It owns andor operates power plants to generate and sell power to customers such as utilities industrial users and other intermediaries The company also owns andor operates utilities to generate or purchase distribute transmit and sell electricity to enduser customers in the residential commercial industrial and governmental sectors and generates and sells electricity on the wholesale market It uses a range of fuels and technologies to generate electricity including coal gas hydro wind solar and biomass and renewables such as energy storage and landfill gas The company owns andor operates a generation portfolio of approximately 31459 megawatts It has operations in the United States Puerto Rico El Salvador Chile Colombia Argentina Brazil Mexico Central America the Caribbean Europe and Asia The company was formerly known as Applied Energy Services Inc and changed its name to The AES Corporation in April 2000 The AES Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Arlington Virginia