Question: Kansai Electric Power Company is a utility serving a region including Kobe, which has a population of how many?

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Amagase Dam: The Amagase Dam (天ヶ瀬ダム ) is an arch dam on the Uji River just upstream from Uji City in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.  The main purpose of the dam is flood control but it supports a hydroelectric power station and creates the lower reservoir for the Kisenyama Pumped Storage Plant.  The dam itself serves a 92 MW power station while the pumped-storage power station upstream has a 466 MW capacity.  Construction on the dam began in 1955 and it was complete in 1964.  The pumped-storage power station became operational in 1970.  Both plants are owned by Kansai Electric Power Company.

Mihama Nuclear Power Plant: The Mihama Nuclear Power Plant (美浜発電所 , Mihama hatsudensho , Mihama NPP) is operated by The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. and is in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, about 320 km west of Tokyo.  It is on a site that is 520,000 m of which 60% is green space.  Mihama - 1 was the first nuclear reactor to generate electricity commercially in Japan and was commissioned in 1970.

Okawachi Pumped Storage Power Station: The Okawachi Pumped Storage Power Station (Japanese: 大河内発電所 , Hepburn: Ōkawachi Hatsudensho ) is a large pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Kamikawa Town in the Kanzaki District of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.  With a total installed capacity of 1280 MW , it is one of the largest pumped-storage power stations in Japan.  The facility is run by the Kansai Electric Power Company (KEPCO).  The power plant started operation in October 1992 and all four units were commissioned by June 1995.

Ōi Nuclear Power Plant: The Ōi Nuclear Power Plant (大飯発電所 , Ōi hatsudensho , Ōi NPP) is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Ōi, Fukui Prefecture, managed by the Kansai Electric Power Company.  The site is 1.88 km2 .  Ōi Units 3 and 4 were Japan's last operating nuclear power plants, being taken offline in September, 2013.

Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha: Saint Elmo – Hikari no Raihousha (セントエルモ・光の来訪者 , Saint Elmo – Apostle of Light ) is a 65-minute television special first aired in April, 1986, in the Kansai region network Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation.  Although credited to Leiji Matsumoto, the show was originally created to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Kansai Electric Power Company, who sponsored and produced the film.  It was later released on VHS format in November 1987 by Pony Canyon.

Shimokotori Dam: The Shimokotori Dam is a rock-fill dam on the Shimokotori River about 15 km west of Hida in Gifu Prefecture, Japan.  The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power generation and water from its reservoir is diverted via a 8.5 km long headrace tunnel to a 142 MW power station northeast of the dam.  The power station discharges the water into the Jinzū River.  Construction on the dam began in 1970 and it was completed in 1973.  The power station went operational in May 1973 and is owned by Kansai Electric Power Company.

Takahama Nuclear Power Plant: The Takahama Nuclear Power Plant (高浜原子力発電所 , Takahama genshiryoku hatsudensho , Takahama NPP) is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Takahama, Ōi District, Fukui Prefecture.  It is owned and operated by the Kansai Electric Power Company.  It is on a site with an area of about 1 km.  The four pressurized water reactors give the plant a total gross electric capacity of 3,392 MW and average yearly production of 22,638 GW·h (averaged on 2006-2010 data).  From 2012 to 2016 only reactor 3 was operating, generating power in 2012 and again in 2016, for an average annual production of the plant of 369.6 GW·h.

Kobe: Kobe (神戸市 , Kōbe-shi , ]) is the sixth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture.  It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay and about 30 km west of Osaka.  With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kyoto.

Kansai Electric Power Company: The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (関西電力株式会社 , Kansai Denryoku Kabushiki-gaisha , KEPCO) , also known as "Kanden" (関電 ) , is an electric utility with its operational area of Kansai region, Japan (including the Kobe-Osaka-Kyoto megalopolis).

Kurobe Gorge Railway: The Kurobe Gorge Railway (黒部峡谷鉄道株式会社 , Kurobe Kyōkoku Tetsudō Kabushiki Kaisha ) , or Kurotetsu (黒鉄 ) for short, is a private, narrow gauge railway company operating the Kurobe Gorge Main Line along the Kurobe River in the Kurobe gorge area of Toyama Prefecture, Japan.  The railway was built to serve the construction of the Kurobe dam for the Kansai Electric Power Company, which was completed in 1963; Kurotetsu was spun off from the power company in June 1971, but remains a wholly owned subsidiary.  At its terminus, the Main Line links to Kurobe Senyō Railway, which is not open to general public.

Supporting paragraphs: Kansai Electric Power Company Kobe
Answer: 1.5 million