Dive Summary: 

• The Center for American Progress has released a report describing a plan to facilitate the rapid development of the smart grid by building a fully integrated, transparent utility network.  
• According to the report, the network can be realized if energy generation is further decentralized, buildings are constructed with energy efficient materials and smart grids continue to replace current energy grids. 
• The report claims that upgrading the electric grid into an integrated network will reap both environmental and economic benefits.  

From the article: 

A new report from the Center for American Progress -- The Networked Energy Web: The Convergence of Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, and Distributed Power Generation as the Next Frontier of the ICT Revolution– touts a bipartisan strategy for accelerating the transformation of the electric grid into a clean, private, secure and transparent integrated network. ...