Smart meter adversely affected by electrical storm?

Not that long ago I had an email from a correspondent who told me that a friend had told him how he had recently received a much higher bill than usual.  The friend had a smart meter installed at his home and speculated that an electrical storm in the area (prior to the anomalous bill) may have adversely affected the electronic smart meter.

Has anyone else experienced some sort of billing anomaly following an electrical storm?

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