This isn't the best sourced article, the sources here are all random people complaining on twitter. It would be much more interesting to hear from an informed

This isn't the best sourced article, the sources here are all random people complaining on twitter. It would be much more interesting to hear from an informed spokesperson from UC Berkeley, with actual data on the percentage of STEM research buildings without generators, etc. etc. Even then, one of the sources did describe that they have an e-power plug in their lab, for the -80 freezer. That's pretty much how it's supposed to be. If they have additional important fridges, those should also be plugged into e-power. I'm sure it's possible there are some labs at Berkeley that may be compromised in backup power, there are a lot of old buildings and infrastructure there. That still doesn't mean that that experience is common, just that the people impacted are complaining loudly. Most research labs may be totally fine, and just waiting for things to come back.