Utility meter for use with distributed generation device

Disclosed is a method for operating an integrated metering device, comprising: connecting, by the integrated metering device, a utility grid, a premises load, and a distributed generation device by providing a grid interface for connecting to the utility grid, a premises interface for connecting to the premises load, and a distributed generation device interface for connecting to the distributed generation device; monitoring, by a metrology module, energy delivered to the premises interface from the grid interface; receiving, by the distributed generation device interface, an output of the distributed generation device; processing, by an inverter and regulator device, the output of the distributed generation device and providing a processed output from the inverter and regulator device to a transfer switch; controlling, by the metrology module, the transfer switch to provide the processed output to the grid interface; monitoring, by the metrology module, energy delivered to the grid interface from the transfer switch, and providing information on the energy delivered to the grid interface from the transfer switch to a communications module; and communicating, by the communications module, a communication via an external network that includes the information on the energy delivered to the grid interface from the transfer switch, wherein the inverter and regulator device, the transfer switch, the metrology module, and the communication module are located within a housing of the integrated metering device.