it didn't HURT anything
But it DID hurt, or more accurately COST money to develop the patches, distribute the patches, apply the patches, fix the systems that did not get patched and fix data affected by un-patched systems.
Congress, or more accurately, the previous Congress could not actually do ANYTHING to reduce energy consumption, (being politically unfeasible for Republicans then,) so they chose this old chestnut to portray themselves as having accomplished something.
No, wasted money they did. Lots.
