LIU Shiyi, ZHU Gangyi, HU Jietian, et al. Day-ahead pricing strategy for vehicle-to-grid aggregator based on info-gap decision theory[J]. 2026, 63(5).DOI:
Against the backdrop of the rapid advancement of new power systems and electricity markets
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) aggregators face dual uncertainties in day-ahead operations
namely fluctuations in settlement prices on the system side and stochastic response behaviors on the user side. To address this
this paper proposes a robust V2G day-ahead pricing strategy based on Info-Gap Decision Theory (IGDT)
aiming to provide reliable pricing and bidding decision support for aggregators under incomplete information. The strategy adopts a benefit-guaranteeing IGDT formulation with the objective of maximizing the aggregator’s expected profit
and incorporates a nonlinear participation behavior model that couples user psychological perception with revenue expectations. By employing McCormick envelopes
the complex non-deterministic optimization problem is reformulated into a solvable Mixed-Integer Linear Programming model. Case studies demonstrate that there exists an optimal range for the profit-sharing ratio between aggregators and users. Compared with multiple heuristic pricing methods
the proposed strategy can significantly reduce the share of deviation penalties and improve net profits without increasing incentive expenditures. Moreover
the aggregator’s prof-itability is found to be most sensitive to peak-period settlement prices
while the impacts of valley-period dispatch volumes and station capacity expansion exhibit diminishing marginal effects.