Abstract
<jats:p>Problem statement. The relevance of the study lies in the need to restore and modernize the electricity infrastructure of the affected territories in the context of war destruction, energy risks and the need to ensure sustainable socio-economic development of communities. Of particular importance are the issues of spatial planning, energy security, decentralization of energy systems and the introduction of modern technologies for the restoration of energy infrastructure. The purpose of the article is to form a scientifically grounded approach to the spatial development of electric power infrastructure in the affected areas. Methods used in the study: monographic analysis, systematization, generalization, visualization and clustering. The hypothesis of the study was the assumption that the spatial development of electric power infrastructure in the affected territories involves the organization of energy islands in the affected and de-occupied territories. Summary of the main material: it is substantiated that the restoration of a centralized model of Soviet-type generation based on thermal or nuclear capacities is strategically unpromising for the affected territories due to three interrelated restrictions: military vulnerability of large critical infrastructure facilities to repeated targeted strikes; investment unattractiveness for private capital due to high security risks; long implementation periods incompatible with urgent needs to restore power supply. A scientifically grounded approach to the spatial development of electric power infrastructure in the affected territories has been formed, which is reflected in the Concept of Energy Island Organization and defined as an operational model for the spatial development of electric power infrastructure in the affected and de-occupied territories. The originality and practical significance of the study lies in the definition of five logical levels: from the destruction of the centralized IPS and the emergence of an isolated state through the operational architecture of the island with distributed functions between the Initiator, DSO and TSO to a synthetic spatial solution capable of functioning autonomously without trunk connections to the unified power system. Conclusions. The spatial development of electric power infrastructure in the affected territories is not a technical task of restoring what was destroyed, but a strategic transition to a qualitatively new energy supply architecture. Further research consists in studying the conditions for the restoration of electricity infrastructure in the de-occupied territories and its development</jats:p>