Your conduit is wrong. It needs to be in orange "output" mode for the energy cell to be able to transfer energy into the conduit.
Rightclick the section next to the energy cell with any Buildcraft compatible wrench/tool.
Ordinarily this would mean your first machine won't get any power, because right now there is a rendering limitation that means that a single section of conduit can only be either output or input. However, since your first machine has a second connection behind it, that won't be an issue.