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It's a safety requirement. If the power company powers down a part of the grid for workers to safely perform work they don't want your solar to kick in and kill the worker.
If you want your battery or solar to power parts of the house when the grid is down you need islanding. That disconnects part of the house grid from the street grid keeping any workers safe.