AES Release

The AES Corporation will hold a conference call on August 7, 2006 at 10:00am EDT to review its second quarter 2006 financial results. The call will include prepared remarks and a question and answer session. It will be open to the media and the public in listen-only mode by telephone and webcast. A telephonic replay of the call will be available from approximately 12:00 noon EDT on August 7, 2006 until August 21, 2006. AES is one of the world's largest global power companies with 2005 revenues of $11.1 billion operating in 26 countries with the capacity to serve 100 million people worldwide.