Birahi Ganga Hydro Electric Project

Audit Analysis

The Birahi Ganga small hydro project displaces grid electricity using a standard AMS methodology with VVB-verified additionality, but is undermined by a serious contradiction over whether Free, Prior and Informed Consent was actually conducted, a project-specific (rather than jurisdictional) baseline, and an extensive list of missing operational documents (commission certificate, PPA, O&M agreement, meter readings) that triggered numerous corrective action requests across multiple verification cycles.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠FPIC contradiction: the 2021 verification report states FPIC was conducted, but the more recent 2023 validation report states it was not — a fundamental safeguard gap if the latter is correct
• ⚠Reversal events are listed as 'not addressed' in the extracted record, and no buffer pool percentage is stated, leaving permanence risk unquantified
• ⚠Critical operational documents (commission certificate, PPA, O&M agreement, monthly meter readings, ER calculation sheet) were missing and had to be requested via CARs, undermining confidence in the verified ERR of 35,026 tCO₂e
• ⚠CORSIA eligibility is confirmed while CCP status is not stated, creating a potential dual-channel allocation risk

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