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Here is a sentence taken from a manga:

> その節は私にたくさんのエネルギーを提供して頂いてありがとう。
>
> Thank you for having provided me with all that energy at that time.

I don't get why 私 is used with the particle に instead of が (or not being used
at all). The way I see it :

> AがBにCを提供する。
>
> A provides B with C.
>
> BがAにCを提供して頂く。
>
> B is (receiving the favor of being) provided with C by A.

Is it the use of ～てありがとう that swaps the particles? Literally, something like:

> AがBにCを提供して頂いてありがとう。
>
> A is thanked by B (who is glad) for being provided with C.
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Particle に used with ～て頂いてありがとう
Although your application of grammatical rules is on the whole technically
correct you need to consider context. A is thanking B for doing something for
him (not anybody else). This affects what information you need to include in
the sentence:

  * 私 does not usually take が, 私は is more common, if it needs to be said at all. So;
  * If you are saying thank you then you are unlikely to say 私は (because it is clear who is saying thanks). And;
  * が is commonly used in sub-clauses within sentences. If you used が in this sentence then it would sound odd because (i) it would seem to go with 提供する, so you are doing the "supplying" and, (ii) いただく indicates you are also doing the receiving.
  * By saying 私に the speaker is saying thank you for giving **me** , as opposed to somebody else, the energy (see note below)
  * Although a sentence with the ~ていただく／もらう construction will often identify the supplier of the service by the particle に this is usually done when the supplier is a third party. In this case the supplier is the listener and it is not necessary: B knows what he did and the speaker wants to "Thank you for doing X for me." 

Note: I am not quite sure from the context you have provided if the speaker
was "inspired to do something" or they were recipient of some kind of fuel but
it does not make a huge difference to the main points of your question on
grammar.
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