You are focusing on the wrong thing. always keep a eye on the emissions. Most measures i took as basically unemployment reducers were actually Emissions reducers. Hell, i did not even have the power grid you have, i had like only 3 connections. One only state got close to full green. most were only half green. expect 3 or 4 and two of the 4 were not even quarter green
i have played it like three times and this was the closest i got to winning