Utilities often spend millions of dollars to construct very large AM/FM/GIS databases that serve as the cornerstone for important future applications. All too often the process of data acceptance is given very little thought or left out of project plans completely. PP&L has established a process that includes running QCView data acceptance software, reviewing QA reports, inspecting data using an ArcInfo viewing application, preparing documentation, correcting selected errors, officially accepting data, and loading data. This paper will review the data acceptance process and many ArcInfo tools developed to check for problems such as edgematching, arc connectivity, and annotation justification.