In Richland County, the power of the sun is on the primary ballot. Last July, the county’s three commissioners, all Republicans, added Richland to a growing list of 27 Ohio counties that have banned utility-scale wind and solar power developments. In the rural stretch of north central Ohio, that would only apply to 11 of 18 townships, whose trustees requested inclusion when the commissioners asked. The county-level renewable bans in Ohio exist under a 2021 law , passed by statehouse Republicans,