Sure. And a nearby lightning strike delivers far more energy as EMP at basically the same high frequencies as EMP. Most electronics survives fine with some surge protection. You are correct that EMP will bring parts of the grid down, not by blowing transformers, but by disrupting SCADA and networking. Those are easier to replace, and won't nearly as long as the transformers. Back up within a week.
“Sure. And a nearby lightning strike delivers far more energy as EMP at basically the same high frequencies as EMP.”
No.
Lightning is much lower in frequency and very localized. I encourage you to do more research and learn more about it before claiming to know what you are talking about.