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With fixed rate you are on a 6-36 month contract where your rate is fixed typically around the $0.12/kWh you mentioned above.
Variable rate plans change the rate month to month but has never been near the $7.00/kWh you're claiming https://shellenergy.com/Historical-Rates
Griddy was the company that hit the headlines who sold at live wholesale prices as you used electricity had 29k customers and is not how the typical electric company in Texas works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griddy_(company)
Some of the data deletion requests would ask "Are you a California resident (yes/no)" while some would ask for a California address, and some wouldn't ask at all.
One of the companies had a support person respond back to my request when I had answered no to being a California resident strongly implying I should resubmit my request with it marked yes which I ended up doing and it resolved smoothly.
I imagine companies that mainly make their money from the data would be a lot more strict on it though.
One complaint I've seen from a lot of people is that they dislike the tweets they see in replies now because of the blue check prioritization but I'd imagine this really depends on the type of content you follow on twitter