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Since you asked what Florida law actually says, the governing statute is Florida Statute 366.06, which dictates how the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC) sets electric rates.

Notice what Florida law actually requires versus what you claimed:

1. Florida Law Does Not "Prorate" Capital Costs by Energy Usage
Under Section 366.06, Florida law requires the FPSC to set rates based on formal "cost of service studies" for each customer class. The actual fuel burned is recovered on a separate monthly charge, but major capital investments like new substations, high-voltage transmission lines, and power plants go into the utility's legal "rate base." Those multi-billion-dollar construction costs are spread across customer classes during base rate cases, meaning local homeowners end up paying higher baseline delivery charges to cover grid expansions triggered by large commercial accounts.

2. Florida Law Explicitly Allows Discounted Tariffs for Big Industry
Florida regulatory rules permit utilities to offer specialized Economic Development Riders and discounted industrial rate schedules to large commercial operations. That means Florida regulations literally allow large corporations to pay a lower discounted rate per unit of capacity than what a senior citizen or regular family pays on the standard residential rate schedule.

3. Peak Demand Rules Drive Up Base Rates for Residents
Florida utilities are legally required under state rules to maintain extra reserve capacity so the grid can handle extreme summer cooling peaks. When massive continuous loads draw heavy power 24 hours a day, power companies are forced to construct additional back-up generation capacity to meet those mandatory reserve thresholds. The FPSC allows those construction expenses to be rolled right into base rates paid by local residents and retirees on fixed incomes.

Florida Statute 366.06 does not mandate a simple, equal prorating of long-term grid construction costs by kilowatt-hour usage. It uses class cost-of-service rules and approved rate structures that allow power companies to build massive capital projects and pass the fixed overhead onto local residential utility bills.