The AES Corporation (AES) owns a portfolio of electricity generation and distribution businesses on five continents in 27 countries, with total capacity of approximately 44,200 megawatts and distribution networks. It owns and operates two types of businesses. In its Generation business, it owns and/or operates power plants to generate and sell power to wholesale customers, such as utilities and other intermediaries. In its Utilities business, it owns and/or operates utilities to generate, distribute, transmit and sell electricity to end-user customers in the residential, commercial, industrial and governmental sectors within a defined service area. Its six segments include Latin America-Generation, Latin America-Utilities, North America-Generation, North America-Utilities, Europe-Generation and Asia-Generation. On November 28, 2011, it acquired DPL Inc. In September 2012, Sembcorp Industries Ltd acquired power assets in China from AES.