Why is the information from the secret senate included in Chapter 2, and how does this information fit into the development of this story?

In Chapter Two, we learn that secret investigation by the Committee on Energy and the Environment was focused on SunRay Farm. SunRay Farm is an experimental laboratory that began producing Biolene, which is promoted as a clean energy source that was meant to replace gasoline. In response to the vote by the Senate Committee, the new safeguards put in place to contain the ergonyms convinced them to allow the continued production of Biolene. This section foreshadows the actual danger of ergonym production.