Should be able to add a battery backup.

https://www.secamerica.com/how-to-add-a-battery-backup-to-an-existing-sump-pump/#:~:text=Luckily%2C you can in fact,pump using the Pump Sentry.

Tricky to elect younger & more competent when the older generation is so much more practiced at the schmoozing aspect, unfortunately. Not to mention better funded by special interests who trust their predictability.