If one frame turned out very much too high or low brightness compared to most other frames, I'll adjust it in a photoshop-type program.

Is part of the problem I'm having shooting at a 125 shutter speed under an alternating current?

I think Lechnology is on the right track, although finding plugins for fcp7 may be becoming more difficult.
I'd look for a de-flicker plugin advertised for time-lapses (as apposed to Florescent bulbs) as that kind of flicker is closer to what you get in stop motion.  I don't have any personal experience, but I've heard that there are several plugins out there that work well for that.

In the future, (though this may sound counter intuitive), a cheap thing to try would be higher end consumer LED bulbs as the drivers may be enough to smooth out the power fluctuations.
The only sure fire fix though, is to use battery powered video lights, which can be quite expensive, but should eliminate the problem entirely.

edit; for myself I just use FCPX's built in color correction with the RGB vector-scope to match the frames, unless it's really bad, in which case, re-shoot.

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