Abstract: An energy-sharing network includes a common bus; a plurality of nodes each electrically connected to the common bus, each node including at least one of a load, a storage device, and a generating capacity and an electric meter electrically connected between the node and the common bus, each electric meter configured to measure an electrical property passed between the common bus and the node over a predesignated time period in a transfer. Each node also includes a local controller in communication with the node's electric meter, wherein the local controllers are in communication and are configured to compare the transfers of the electrical property.