[KennyBlanken]

> I’m genuinely unsure what purpose anti-islanding actually serves.

Scroll up to read about the HNer required to carrying $1M in insurance for having more than 10kW in solar on their roof, which is just...insane. Solar is mired in bullshit to make it seem dangerous, make it look ugly, make it as complex and expensive to install as possible. That's how you end up with regulations requiring what looks like an electrical substation on the side of your home, covered in neon-colored labels. Gotta make sure someone knows the system is "RAPID SHUTDOWN EQUIPPED" from 100 feet away!

Electrical grid operators want you to buy electricity, not make it for them. Their nightmare is becoming "just" a grid.

Their biggest nightmare, however, is you realizing that you no longer need them at all. Lots and lots of people, especially those out in suburban or rural areas, could easily go off-grid these days. Homes are better insulated, heatpumps are quite common, solar costs a fraction of what it used to, lithium ion battery prices are crashing and LiFePo batteries are getting commonplace, etc. So what's a utility to do? Push microinverters that require a grid connection and so on.