Why is "/usr/lib/upower/upowerd" consuming 100% cpu causing freezes for seconds, frequently

I'm running Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop and today it suddenly started freezing up frequently for seconds on end. When I check the running processes it seems that a process called "upowerd" is hogging up the CPU causing lag spikes rendering my system useless. I tried disabling this service and killing the process hoping to fix it but it keeps starting again. Note, I don't have an iPhone, I have a mouse and a keyboard connected through USB and an external monitor connected through HDMI. My laptops battery is pretty much dead so I always use it connected to the power. Any help is appreciated as I'm not able to play any games or even properly use my laptop anymore. Please let me know if there are any extra info I can provide to help debug the issue. Thanks in advance.