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AES
NYSE: AES
AES, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is a global power company with revenues of over $9 billion (per year end Dec. 2001). Core businesses include generation, distribution, and retail supply of electric power. Assets include 182 facilities totaling over 63,000 MW of capacity in 31 countries.
A Forbes 500 company, AES distributes electricity in 11 countries via 22 distribution companies. Through its various retail electricity supply businesses, the company sells electricity to over 153,000 end users.AES has its businesses spread over Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Georgia, Hungary, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Mexico, Pakistan, Panama, UK, US, and Venezuela.