ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 14, 2002--The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) today announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer Paul T. Hanrahan and Chief Financial Officer Barry J. Sharp have signed and submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) statements under oath certifying that AES's 2002 SEC filings, as prescribed by the recent SEC order, contain no material misstatements nor do they contain any material omissions.

The SEC's June 27, 2002 order mandated CEOs and CFOs of approximately 950 large publicly held companies to submit sworn statements of certification for their 2002 SEC filings. The documents covered by this order consist of AES's Annual Report on Form 10-K for 2001, the 2002 proxy statement and all subsequent SEC periodic and current reports filed through August 9, 2002, the date of certification.

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