David B. Spence

  • The Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law
  • Professor

David Spence holds the Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law and specializes in energy law, administrative law, environmental law, and oil and gas. His research focuses on the law and politics of energy regulation, broadly defined. Professor Spence is co-author of the leading energy law casebook “Energy, Economics and the Environment” and has published numerous scholarly articles on subjects relating to energy policy, regulation, and the regulatory process. In addition to teaching at Texas Law, he is a professor of Business Government & Society at the McCombs School of Business.  

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Kleinman Center for Energy Policy | October 8, 2024

How Identity Politics Shape U.S. Energy Policy