U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat representing Colorado, introduced legislation on June 5 that would provide $5 billion in financing under the U.S. Agriculture Department’s rural utility service program for cybersecurity and grid security enhancements. A second bill would include energy storage under the department’s Rural Energy for America Program, providing financial support for agricultural producers and rural businesses to install renewable energy technologies and to make energy efficiency improvements. A third bill would expand the department’s loan guarantees, loans, and research programs to new technologies for the capture and use of carbon dioxide in the production of renewable fuels, chemicals, and bio-based products.(S.2993, S.2997, S.2991)