Todo...
Notes: Redstone signal issue is caused by loopback and only works with EnderIO Insulated Redstone Conduit anyway. REF (upper tier) won't receive a signal from any other mod (that should also be fixed) and when using EIO conduit, it loops its own signal back to itself (thus disabling it until you remove said EIO conduit).
I imagine particle effects aren't something too difficult to implement, just add a texture to invisiblePoweredBlock with an alpha and animation...