Approved but not live

The County folks were here to check all the wiring and conduits and gave their stamp of approval, in the form of an official-looking sticker on my electric panel and some signed forms.  But the system still ain't live.  The utility, Pepco, has to come and replace my meter with a net meter, so the electricity I produce will be recorded and deducted against my consumption.  It turns out the digital meter I have can only measure the total amount of power flowing through -- which means if I turned on the panels, the meter would tell Pepco to charge me for the energy I use, plus the energy I produce.  That's not how it works on my spreadsheet.  Not sure how many weeks I'll have to wait now...