Chapter 2 seems to be a whole foreshadowing of Victor's soon-to-come life experiment. Many people know the basics of the story of Frankenstein and how he came to be. When he begins to tell about his discovery of the Cornelius Agrippa book and his fascination with his philosophy and theories, he talks about his search for the "philosopher's stone" and the "elixir of life". He also retells an account where he saw a bolt of lightning strike a tree in his yard and obliterate it. For those who know the story of Frankenstein, he was created to prove that you could bring the dead back to life and he was by using the electricity generated from a lightning storm.
These two key events are what begin Victor's fascination and slight obsession with creating his Frankenstein monster.
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I see what you mean about this chapter setting in place the key components of what we know as the traditional story. The electricity you identify is not actually used by Shelley in this novel. That is a hollywood convention.
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