1. A system for coordinating distribution of electricity according to a distributed hierarchical control architecture (DHCA), comprising: one or more transactive controllers configured to operate a wholesale market for coordinating the distribution of electricity between power generation resources and area controllers that distribute electricity to and from multiple feeder networks; and one or more transactive controllers configured to operate a retail market for coordinating the distribution of electricity between one or more of the feeder networks and one or more electrical devices, wherein at least one of the transactive controllers in the wholesale market is further configured to exchange transactive control signals with at least one of the transactive controllers in the retail market, and to thereby integrate the retail market with the wholesale market.