Your second comment is correct—you have too many overlapping electric poles. The mod doesn't change any colors.
If you want to use a really big multiplier, then you might want to remove most of the redundant electrical poles from your world.
I have it set on 8 thinking that would give me the max size. You say 128X128 is max but I am not sure what multiplier I would need to get that.
A multiplier of 8 will make the Substation capped at 128x128.
It's simple multiplication: Substation is normally 18x18. Multiply that by 8
: 18*8
= 144, which the engine caps at 128.
If you want even the Small electric poles (normally 5x5) to be 128x128, then a multiplier of 25.6
will give you that: 5*25.6
= 128.