Exhibit 23.6

                       INDEPENDENT AUDITORS'  CONSENT

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement of
The AES Corporation's Registration Statement No. 33-44498 on Form S-8,
Registration Statement No. 33-49262 on Form S-8, Registration Statement
No. 333-26225 on Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-28883 on Form S-8,
Registration Statement No. 333-28885 on Form S-8, Registration Statement
No. 333-38535 on Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 33-95046 on Form S-3,
Registration Statement No. 333-83767 on Form S-3/A, Registration Statement
No. 333-30352 on Form S-8, Registration Statement No. 333-37924 on Form S-3/A,
Registration Statement No. 333-38924 on Form S-3/A, Registration Statement
No. 333-40870 on Form S-3/A, Registration Statement No. 333-44698 on
Form S-3, Registration Statement No. 333-43908 on Form S-4/A, Registration
Statement No. 333-46564 on Form S-3, Registration Statement No. 333-45916 on
Form S-4/A, Registration Statement No. 333-49644 on Form S-4, Registration
Statement No. 333-46564 on Form S-3/A, and Registration Statement No. 333-49644
on Form S-4/A, of our report dated February 18, 2000, on Electrificadora
de la Costa Atlantica S.A. E.S.P.'s financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 1999, included in this current report on Form 8-K/A of The AES
Corporation dated March 16, 2001.

Deloitte & Touche


Ismael Duque Montenegro
Bogota, Columbia
March 15, 2001