Spencer Culver is devoted to improving the reliability of the energy system through the development of a diversity of sources at an affordable price. He counsels renewable energy companies on the development of projects and how to navigate the nuanced business and legal issues in the contemporary regulatory environment.

Before attending law school, Spencer was a nationally competitive debater at the University of Wyoming. At the University of Iowa College of Law, he researched electric transmission development and integrated resource planning for electric utilities, and he was the recipient of the Hubbell Award for Excellence in Environmental Law.

Education

  • The University of Iowa College of Law (J.D., with high distinction, 2024)
    • Order of the Coif; Senior Articles Editor, Iowa Law Review; National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition Team
  • University of Wyoming (B.A., 2018)
    • Communication, Rhetoric, African American and Diaspora Studies
    • Cross Examination Debate Association All-American

Bar Admission

  • Missouri

Recognition

  • University of Iowa College of Law - Hubbell Award for Excellence in Environmental Law
  • Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence:
    • Energy Law & Policy
    • Administrative Law
    • Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research I
  • Jeffrey G. Miller National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition Quarterfinalist
Publications
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Missouri Enacts Significant Utility/Regulatory Omnibus Bill
Frank Caro, Andrew Schulte and Spencer Culver discuss a new law in Missouri that, among other things, significantly changes the regulated electric utility landscape. 
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Missouri Enacts Significant Utility/Regulatory Omnibus Bill
On April 9, 2025, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed into law a comprehensive Utility Omnibus Bill - Senate Bill 4 (SB 4 or the Bill). Among other things, the Bill significantly changes the regulated electric utility landscape. SB 4 establishes a statutory integrated resource planning framework, requires electrical corporations to add schedules governing large load customers to their tariffs, authorizes recovery of construction work in progress for the development of new natural gas generation facilities and establishes new standards for decommissioning large thermal generation assets. Integrated Resource Planning The last section of SB 4 modifies the integrated resource planning (IRP) process under what will become Section 393.1900 RSMo. The Bill makes filing an IRP a statutory requirement, rather than the current IRP process,
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