Can we get maybe a vague whispered breath of what this mod does related to power poles? I installed it but couldn't see anything different with any of the power poles and no new recipes or research either.

I'm not the author and tried this mod just now. Seems like it increases the connection distance and coverage of vanilla powerpoles. The mod name mentions "Krastorio style" but these get buffed beyond what K2 offers to seem a bit imbalanced. If there's another mod you have found in the meantime, would be happy to use that instead.